In UNIX, the . directory is the current directory, and .. is its parent. This is common throughout UNIX and many FTP clients. In other words, nothing to worry about.
-Prachi (sent from my iPhone) On Aug 13, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Patrick James <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > 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> -- 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>
