Cheat sheet for opendir()

[Kenneth Brody]

Richard Kreiss wrote:
[... Windows doesn't have "." and ".." in the root directory ...]
> As far as I am concerned, it is a bad practice to place a file or files one
> wants to use in the root directory.  At no time do I want my users(clients)
> to have access to a root directory, even through a program.  This can lead
> to a disaster either unintentional or intentional.

Note that Vista and Windows 7 (which, BTW, is Windows version 6.1) don't 
allow files to be created in the root directory.  Even admin accounts can't 
do it.  Only if you run a program with raised privileges can you create (or 
even edit, AFAICT) files in the root directory.

-- 
Kenneth Brody