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Subject: Re: [9fans] A few questions, thanks!
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Kyrre Nyg=E5rd wrote:
> Hello!
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> My name is Kyrre Nyg=E5rd and I'm a student at the University of Bergen=
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> Norway, currently doing this school research project trying to document=
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> the next generation of operating systems that is starting to emerge=20
> across the world. Plan9 is to me one of the most interesting projects,=20
> however I was surprised not to find a group of developers on the=20
> Freenode or OFTC IRC networks. Luckily I found this mailinglist, so I'l=
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> just go ahead and ask.
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>        I'm not sure how important they may be to you, but I would be=20
> very interested in looking at the kernel output (e.g. dmesg in BSD) jus=
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> to see what I might expect. And also, if possible, a listing of the=20
> Plan9 hierarchy? Preferably using this file listing script:=20
> http://paste.husk.org/6847. Anyway I hope it differs from the utterly=20
> complex Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, which may seem logical to brain=20
> washed software developers, but to normal people pure madness.

namespace(4) tries to explain the various directories in Plan 9.
http://cm.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/4/namespace

Install or run the livecd should let you play around, read docs,
etc. so you can answer your question yourself.