On 28/04, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: | On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 04:31:53PM +0200, Samuel Tardieu wrote: | > . => empty line | > .. => line with only '.' on it | > .something => .something | | How can you encode a line with only ".." in it with this scheme? :-) Well caught :) Let's say: (PCRE format) /^$/ => empty line, package separator /^\.(\.*)$/ => $1 /^(.*[^\.].*)$/ => $1 Sam