Jason Erickson wrote: > Not to nit-pick...but dot-dot is previous directory. > dot is current directory
Not to nit-pick...but dot-dot is the directory hierarchically one level higher than the current working directory. This is often called the "parent directory" and is relative to the current working directory ($PWD). "Previous directory" is ambiguous in that it can mean $PWD/.., as you intended, or $OLDPWD as one might reasonably interpret it. $ echo $PWD /home/hardtolove $ cd Desktop $ echo $PWD /home/hardtolove/Desktop $ echo $OLDPWD /home/hardtolove $ cd .. $ echo $PWD /home/hardtolove $ echo $OLDPWD /home/hardtolove/Desktop > > So...no its not the same unless you are currently in $LFS/tools/somedir And that's a salient point. The choice of untar directory is really up to the end user, regardless of the book's recommendation. So to the OP's point, the "../" form assumes that, per the book instructions, the user is now in the directory created during the untar process, regardless of where it is. And that "mkdir ../" form creates the build directory in the "proper place" (although it could be other places and still work) regardless of the the location in the hierarchy of the current working directory. As noted, the "../" form is a nice "short-hand". ><snip> >> yes, the dot-dot is short-hand for the current directory, less typing. As noted above, "... short-hand for the parent directory". >><snip> HTH -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
