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from the pdf: cat . doesn't work anymore (readdir vs. read). Does anyone know when this last worked? I'd love to install whatever version of UNIX had this and

by iigs 18y ago

from the pdf: cat . doesn't work anymore (readdir vs. read). Does anyone know when this last worked? I'd love to install whatever version of UNIX had this and see the output from it.

tptacek 18y ago
It's binary gibberish. It's also the answer to an old DE Shaw interview question --- how do you tell whether you're on an NFS-mounted filesystem or not? ("cat ." will fail on NFS).
- nailer 18y ago
  Interesting. Was there no 'mount' command, or for those of us who like to save commands, 'df .'?
  - tptacek 18y ago
    Not in terms and conditions of the question, no.