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Am Montag, 18. September 2006 11:10 schrieb ext Matteo Pillon: |
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> I was wondering why Linux doesn't treat directories like files, as many |
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> other unix implementations do. |
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It's not Linux, but the applications. |
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> For example, in Linux, you can't do 'cat .' while on FreeBSD you can. |
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> Why? There is a practical reason? |
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Because one is GNU cat and one is BSD cat. "less ." and "vi ." work just |
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fine, while "more ." doesn't (even though more is less on Linux). |
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Bye... |
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Dirk |
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