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Date:	Fri, 29 May 1998 10:24:44 PST8PDT
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: Design guidelin

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Emerson, Tom # GPS-MDI wrote:

> [TE] In Unix, there are two non-overlapping definitions of the word
> "root" -- from the file systems point of view, "root" means, literally,
> the "root" of the directory tree. From a process (i.e., "user")
> standpoint, "root" means (essentially) the system manager. (also
> referred to as the "superuser")
>
> In the "dos" world, each physical drive has it's own "root". In Unix,
> one drive (partition) is defined as the "root", and within that directory
> tree the system administrator will create a directory and MOUNT another
> physical drive at that (logical) location. That "other drive
> (partition)"'s "root" then attaches to the overall directory tree at the
> subdirectory point.

Aha! Thanks.

- Peter

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