On 2010-05-03, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote:
> Baz Walter wrote:
>
>> attempting to remove the cwd would produce an error). but how can
>> python determine the parent directory of a directory that no longer
>> exists?
Python doesn't determine the parent directory. The Unix system call
and filesystem code do.
The same thing happens in bash. IOW, you can do this:
$ rm -rf $PWD; cd ..
> My tentative explanation would be that the directory, namely the
> inode, still exists -- only the entry for it in its parent directory
> is gone.
That sounds right.
> So "one level up from here" is still a valid operation, but there is
> no longer a path in the file system associated with "here".
I believe that is the case.
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