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Subject: Re: [9fans] /lib/namespace vs /rc/bin/*rc
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:47:12 -0400
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> why are some devices bound in /lib/namespace while some others
> are bound in /rc/bin/*rc?  for example: '#$'.

/lib/namespace gets run every time you
create a fresh name space.
termrc and cpurc are for initializing the machine.

for example,
'#t' should be in the termrc/cpurc so that the
bootup programs can have it, but it doesn't
need to be in everyone's.

russ