Users Home Directory

rahmad · 07-30-2008, 05:37 AM

hi

Can someone explain to me please what /./ mean in the user home directory

e.g. /home/./user1

thanks
Rami

chrism01 · 07-30-2008, 07:03 AM

That should be redundant, .=current dir (..=parent dir), so it should (probably) just be
/home/user1

rahmad · 07-30-2008, 08:36 AM

are you sure from your information?? I know . refers to the current location, but I remember it has a meaning and it is used to do something but unfortunately I don't remember it :S

any ideas??

thanks
Rami

Vit77 · 07-30-2008, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rahmad

I know . refers to the current location, but I remember it has a meaning

I suppose you mean running commands in the same shell, like

Code:

. some_command

But there the result is absolutely the same.

Code:

$ ls /home/oper
Desktop/  Documents/  Download/  Music/  Pictures/  tmp/  Videos/
$ ls /home/./oper
Desktop/  Documents/  Download/  Music/  Pictures/  tmp/  Videos/

rahmad · 07-30-2008, 09:55 AM

yeah i agree with you there are no difference whether you put /./ or not in the user's home directory.

but i am in doubt that it has a usage especially if you are running an FTP service and there are users connecting to the server.

thanks
rami

rahmad · 07-30-2008, 10:14 AM

yeah i agree with you there are no difference whether you put /./ or not in the user's home directory.

but i am in doubt that it has a usage especially if you are running an FTP service and there are users connecting to the server.

thanks
rami

Vit77 · 07-30-2008, 10:34 AM

Could you show exact command or context where you have seen it?

rahmad · 07-31-2008, 02:24 AM

this is the command i used when i want to add a new user (ftp user)

useradd –c –d /home/ftpdir/home/./userx –m –g userx –e mm/dd/yyyy –s /bin/bash userx