On Aug 13, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Patrick James wrote: > Hi > > I have a strong feeling this question is more about Apache and how my server > works than BBEdit, however this issue only arises in the BBEdit FTP/SFTP > browser window, so maybe it is a BBEdit query. > > In every directory shown in there browser there are two "folders" (okay > "directories") one has a single full-stop only as its name, the other has two > full-stops as its name. (In US english "full-stop" is called a "period"). > > Well I know that the full-stop, or period, or dot, at the beginning of a > file-name makes that file invisible. When I go to my File Manager in cPanel > with "show dot files" enabled I do not see these two directories in every > directory. > > I only see them in BBEdit. I had Transmit for a while on a trial basis and it > did not show these folders when it was set to show invisibles. > > Thank you for any assistance you may have. > > It is not a very big issue of course, I am just wondering why they are there > :) > > Patrick
Howdy, The ./ directory is a self-reference to the present directory and the ../ is a reference to the parent directory. Try cd .. in Terminal and you'll go up one directory in the tree. If you have an UNIX executable, e.g., mycommand, in the present directory and it's NOT in your PATH trying to execute by simply using its name will not work; it won't be found. However if you execute ./mycommand the OS will find it in the present directory. Good Luck, Herb Schulz (herbs at wideopenwest dot com) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
