Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269166AbTGJKEo (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:04:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269167AbTGJKEn (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:04:43 -0400 Received: from f25.mail.ru ([194.67.57.151]:42760 "EHLO f25.mail.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269166AbTGJKEm (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:04:42 -0400 From: =?koi8-r?Q?=22?=Andrey Borzenkov=?koi8-r?Q?=22=20?= To: =?koi8-r?Q?=22?=Nikita Danilov=?koi8-r?Q?=22=20?= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re[2]: Are =?koi8-r?Q?=22?=,=?koi8-r?Q?=22=20?=and =?koi8-r?Q?=22?=..=?koi8-r?Q?=22=20?=in directory required=?koi8-r?Q?=3F?= Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: mPOP Web-Mail 2.19 X-Originating-IP: [212.248.25.26] Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:19:21 +0400 In-Reply-To: <16141.14720.980604.428130@laputa.namesys.com> Reply-To: =?koi8-r?Q?=22?=Andrey Borzenkov=?koi8-r?Q?=22=20?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 897 Lines: 33 -----Original Message----- > > "Andrey Borzenkov" writes: > > > > Is it possible for readdir to return really empty directory - without > > and entry, even "." and ".."? > > Enter empty directory. Remove it by rmdir() by another process. Now you > have a directory without dot and dotdot. > It is not quite the same. bor@itsrm2% cd foo bor@itsrm2% sudo rmdir /tmp/foo bor@itsrm2% ls -la . .: No such file or directory how do I access this? OK I could have opendir on it ... but then, directory contents is (mur be) still there just like with any open unlinked file. OK, not "possible to return" - it was wrong. Is it allowed? :) -andrey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/