document requirement about first node being a directory called "."

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.\" $NetBSD: mtree.8,v 1.24 2001/10/19 02:57:34 lukem Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: mtree.8,v 1.25 2001/10/22 07:11:46 lukem Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
.\" @(#)mtree.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\"
.Dd October 19, 2001
.Dd October 22, 2001
.Dt MTREE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
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These values override, without changing, the global value of the
corresponding keyword.
.Pp
The first path name entry listed must be a directory named
.Ql \&. ,
as this ensures that intermixing full and relative path names will
work consistently and correctly.
.Pp
A path name that contains a slash
.Pq Ql /
that is not the first character will be treated as a full path