I found this. It is a neat article explaining why. <a href="http://www.testingeducation.org/k04/examples/spec06s.html">http://www.testingeducation.org/k04/examples/spec06s.html</a> <div>On 12/15/05, Les Mikesell <<a href="mailto:lesmikesell@gmail.com">lesmikesell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 09:49, <a href="mailto:rengland@europa.com">rengland@europa.com</a> wrote: > >> > >> >From the MS documetation ... > >> > >> <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-"> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-</a> > >> us/fileio/fs/naming_a_file.asp > >> > > > The classic case is the creation of a directory called "test" in *nix. There is nothing magic about a directory or any other file named test. You might be surprised at what happens when you try to execute a command named "test" without supplying the path to it - at least if you don't already know it is a shell built-in. In *nix, connections to devices are always through filenames connected by their major/minor device numbers instead of magic in the name itself. Except Linux cheats on the network devices and doesn't bother with putting eth0 (etc.) in the filesystem with associated permissions. -- Les Mikesell <a href="mailto:lesmikesell@gmail.com">lesmikesell@gmail.com</a> -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com </a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote></div> -- Jonathan Carpenter Linux System Administrator Windows System Administrator <The Unix Geek>