"virtual filesystems rock"... (carlton@harvard.edu)

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From: goon
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David Carlton (carlton@husc.harvard.edu) says ... 

>> If you are using a virtual file system like Prospero, there is no need
>> to use a PATH variable (or a MANPATH, or LD_LIBRARY_PATH, or...),
>> except for compatibility with Unix.  The default "/programs" would
>> contain the packages that users normally use.  To make your own
>> programs accessible from the shell, you would make your own view of
>> "/programs" that includes the directories that contain your
>programs.

>Yeah, virtual filesystems rock.  I would like to be able to tailor
>what the filesystem looks like on a per-process basis.

Use Plan 9.

EWQ


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