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From: Stephen Wille Padnos <stephen.willepadnos@verizon.net>
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To: Andrew Walrond <andrew@walrond.org>
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Andrew Walrond wrote:

> [snip]

> cat d/x
> "a/x"
>
> cat d/y
> "b/y"
>
> cat d/z
> "c/z" 

What would you expect to happen if you then did:
echo "d/w" > d/w

Which physical directory would you expect a new file to go into?

- Steve


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