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From: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf DOT Wildenhues AT gmx DOT de>
Subject: Re: directories named '...' (dotdotdot) do not work
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 06:38:45 +0000 (UTC)
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Hello, and thanks for investigating this,

> On 02/02/2011 02:53 PM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > Given that it works fine on Vista and Windows 7 anyway, is it really
> > worth to add this extra code just to support an old OS in a very rare
> > situation?  

FWIW, not for me.  I was merely trying to be a good netizen by reporting
bugs that I encounter.

Thanks,
Ralf



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