[openbeos] Re: OT Re: drive letter vs. mounten
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 02:06:34 -0400
>"vm:" is part of the root name space - that's what / is for in BeOS and
>Unix.
>So to do exactly the same as above (including missing persistence):
> $ ln -s /vm /boot/home/Development/current/src/kernel/core/vm2
> $ cd /vm
>
>Where is the big difference? And why should that not be an R1 thing? :-
>)
>
>I think the ':' feels a bit different (I still can be counted as an
>Amiga user), but it's logically the same.
I hadn't thought about / not being persistant. ln to /dir is fine, I suppose,
for that. It will take a little getting used to.
The only downside that I see if for multi-user environments.
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