Dot files always first in directory?

[Ralph J. Winslow x7774]

In article <11108 at bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU>, jik at athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
> 
> It it safe to assume when writing a program which manipulates
> directories that . and .. will always be the first two entries in a
> directory?
> 
> Jonathan Kamens

files whose names start with "-" will precede . and ..  (at least on
V.3.2 on the 6386)
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