On Wednesday 28 of August 2013 10:26:01 Erik Quanstrom wrote: > the claim that the devices are in the directories and thus the file system > is still false. even if explorer has some unnecessary code. and plan 9 is > not immune from unnecessary weird bits e.g. the export protocol.
a somewhat official specification confirms that -- by not listing those magic files as implied: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463084 some more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#file_and_directory_names -- dexen deVries [[[↓][→]]] Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves. -- L. Long
