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Re: [MiNT] Strange getcwd() return value



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On 2013-10-24 20:47, Helmut Karlowski wrote:
> I don't know much about linux, but it is certainly no default
> standard to have /d/ for D:/, you need something like fstab to
> provide these links.

On Linux fstab serves as a description for filessystems and has
nothing to do with "drives".

> 
> Of course /dev/drive in MiNT is complete nonsense because it does
> not exist, and I don't like that.

This should not be a matter of taste.  The /dev directory serves as a
point in the filesystem where, among other things, hardware is exposed
to the OS.  Filesystems are part of hardware thus should be present
under /dev as raw devices but be not accessible for normal use.  As in
all unix-like systems an fstab entry should map the device (with
appropriate options) to a mount point.

Cheers,
	T.

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