Something funny about Windows

[Jonathan Carpenter]

I found this. It is a neat article explaining why.

http://www.testingeducation.org/k04/examples/spec06s.html

On 12/15/05, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 09:49, rengland at europa.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >From the MS documetation ...
> > >>
> > >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
> > >> us/fileio/fs/naming_a_file.asp
> > >>
> >
> >
> > The classic case is the creation of a directory called "test" in *nix.
>
> There is nothing magic about a directory or any other file named
> test.  You might be surprised at what happens when you try to
> execute a command named "test" without supplying the path to
> it - at least if you don't already know it is a shell built-in.
> In *nix, connections to devices are always through filenames
> connected by their major/minor device numbers instead of magic
> in the name itself.  Except Linux cheats on the network devices
> and doesn't bother with putting eth0 (etc.) in the filesystem with
> associated permissions.
>
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Jonathan Carpenter
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