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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:07:44 +1000
From: "Bruce Ellis" <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] /n
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where is dan? he's a fine man.

brucee

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
>> why do files in /n exist on the distributed image?
>> when would they be necessary?
>
> mntgen appeared on the scene relatively late.
> there was a time when you just ran mkdir a lot in /n.
> looking through the archives, it looks like nemo
> came up with the idea as "autodirfs" in 2002.
>
> before i poked through the archives, i would have
> credited dan cross with the idea.  is dan still on this list?
>
> russ
>
>
>