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Article #485Re: Some thoughts on filenames - "" in particular
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Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1987 19:27
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1987 19:27
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In article <2597@mcdchg.UUCP>, dave@murphy (Dave Cornutt) writes:
~The cure is to give root a name, just like
~every other directory. For example, let "$" be the name of the root.
~This is a "magic" name; when namei sees "$" by itself in any component
~of a pathname, it refers to the root, so file "xyz" on the root directory
~is not "/xyz" but "$/xyz".
~Does this make any sense, or is it too much like VMS?
I) Yes, it is too much like VMS. We must strive to maintain the purity
of UNIX. Viva la UNIX! Down with VMS, Ultrix, OS/VS,...
II) It does make sense; but it would require rewriting virtually
utility and rewriting my and most other people's brains.
--
Michael I. Bushnell
a/k/a Bach II
mike@turing.unm.edu
{ucbvax,gatech}!unmvax!turing!mike
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