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by StableAlkyne 989 days ago
Neat! I always thought it was a reference to the `/.` you might type in Unix
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readyplayernull 989 days ago
You mean "./"
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StableAlkyne 989 days ago
I really do mean the root directory! As in, a kinda joke that meant the site was a central place for news, so it would act as a root directory for that
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littlestymaar 989 days ago
What is the dot for in your `/.`?
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Smaug123 989 days ago
It's what you'd use as an arg to `cp` if you wanted to copy the contents rather than the directory, for example.
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NikkiA 989 days ago
The self-referential directory inode.
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