DOS‐tips

Abstract

Have you ever noticed the mysterious single‐ and double‐dot entries that appear at the top of every DIR listing outside of your root directory? These are not files, nor are they named subdirectories of the kind you create yourself. Rather, they are special ways used by DOS to refer to the current' subdirectory (single dot) and the “parent” or next‐level‐up subdirectory (double dot).

Citation

Bendig, M. (1989), "DOS‐tips", OCLC Micro, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 7-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055928