Re: True story: "gconfig" removed root folder...

From: Erik Hensema
Date: Thu Jan 15 2004 - 14:49:19 EST


Richard B. Johnson (root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> What is (a) "root folder"?
> The two words don't go together at all. Unix/Linux has "root" and
> directories, but it doesn't have any "folders". Microstuff has
> "folders", but doesn't have "root". Is Gates infecting Linux?
> I heard that "folder" was a swear-word just like the other "f"
> word.

The kernel doesn't impose a policy on user space, so a 'directory
vs folder' discussion is offtopic here. Let userspace decide.

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Erik Hensema <erik@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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