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Re: Name of this folder


  • Subject: Re: Name of this folder
  • From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:49:00 +0000

Richard 23 wrote on Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:28:22 -0800:

>>>> Explanation:
>>>>
>>>> ":" as alias
>>>>
>>>> retuns the path to the container of the script. Note this is a 'trick'
>you
>>>> won't find in the dictionary. In fact, I don't understand it myself.
>Just
>>>> something some clever dude figured out ;)
[...]

>and jeepers, why bother with the colon. I've always used:
>
>"" as alias

The colon version is part of a larger relative addressing system. Two
colons ("::" as alias) will give you the container of the container.
Three will give you the container of that - and so on until you run out
of containers and get an error.

NG


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