From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-11 02:49:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "M. A. Alves" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:45:15 +0000 (GMT) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1000201739 10061 137.194.161.2 (11 Sep 2001 09:48:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:48:59 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-X-Sender: In-Reply-To: <9nivon$8201@news.cis.okstate.edu> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13029 Date: 2001-09-11T10:45:15+00:00 > >> > Actually, a UNIX file system isn't necessarily a strict tree. Two > >> > different directories can contain links to the same file. (It's > >> > usually kept to a mostly tree-like structure simply to avoid > >> > confusion.) > > > > But still not a forest [the original claim], because you must have exactly > > one root. > > No, the original claim was that it "isn't necessarily a strict tree", > not that it was a forest. > > Why is a problem? I can turn a forest into a tree by adding a base and > links to the base of each subtree; a Unix file system can be viewed as > a forest if you prohibit cd'ing to the root. The difference between > C:\ and /C isn't that much. No problem at all. 'Twas just an academic question. But the _really_original_ claim, not reproduced here but I remember it from the thread 'cause I originated it, was indeed Unix to be a forest. Of course you can make a nice forest somewhere _inside_ it, using e.g. your scheme above, but _it_ is not one. But anyway no problem, just academic. -- , M A R I O data miner, LIACC, room 221 tel 351+226078830, ext 121 A M A D O Rua Campo Alegre, 823 fax 351+226003654 A L V E S P-4150 PORTO, Portugal mob 351+939354002