#134 undocumented: ....\ equivalent to ..\..\.. equivalent to ...

[Anonymous]

OriginalBugID: 3393 Bug
Version: 8.2.1
SubmitDate: '1999-11-05'
LastModified: '1999-11-08'
Severity: MED
Status: Closed
Submitter: techsupp
ChangedBy: hobbs
RelatedBugIDs: 3397
OS: Windows 95
FixedDate: '2000-10-25'
ClosedDate: '1999-11-08'

Name:
keith lea

ReproducibleScript:
% glob ../*
../tcl8.2 ../tk8.2 ../tk82.lib ../tkstub82.lib ../tcl82.lib
../tclstub82.lib
% glob .../*
.../lib .../bin .../doc .../UNWISE.EXE .../license.txt .../Readme.txt
.../INSTALL.LOG .../include
% glob ..../*
..../MSDOS.SYS ..../IO.SYS ..../BOOTLOG.TXT <etc.>

ObservedBehavior:
multiple dots in a relative pathname are not documented in the filename
man page

DesiredBehavior:
i'd appreciate it if you'd document it or remove its implementation :)
this caused a huge security hole in a file-sharing script i wrote