Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263260AbUAOTs0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:48:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263310AbUAOTs0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:48:26 -0500 Received: from scrat.hensema.net ([62.212.82.150]:39084 "EHLO scrat.hensema.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263260AbUAOTsZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:48:25 -0500 From: Erik Hensema Subject: Re: True story: "gconfig" removed root folder... Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 19:48:23 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1074177405.3131.10.camel@oebilgen> <87ptdl2q7l.fsf@asmodeus.mcnaught.org> <20040115160759.GA5458@cambrant.com> <200401151617.i0FGHW1a005870@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20040115183125.GA5772@cambrant.com> Reply-To: erik@hensema.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 761 Lines: 18 Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com) 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. -- Erik Hensema - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/