Something funny about Windows

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 09:49, rengland at europa.com wrote:
> >>
> >> >From the MS documetation ...
> >>
> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
> >> 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.

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  Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com