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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What kinds of things would you want in the GNU OS?
Keywords: OS features kernel filesystem root
Message-ID: <4346@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 30 May 89 12:27:46 GMT
References: <106326@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <4315@ficc.uu.net> <338@arc.UUCP> <10332@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <10332@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
> I don't think there should be a namesystem root.  I recently sent DMR some
> notes about a new concept that would permit us to get rid of namesystem root,
> among other things.  I don't know whether anything will come of it..

AmigaDOS doesn't have a namesystem root. It's annoying... one of these
days I'm gonna implement a ROOT: handler and get the best of both worlds.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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