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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] /lib/namespace vs /rc/bin/*rc
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:01:03 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7d07056781f74b48f508a2975885be3a@coraid.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070424214714.6904E1E8C26@holo.morphisms.net>

right.  i'm not sure i see the advantage of hiding #t.  surely
this isn't a performance argument?

- erik

On Tue Apr 24 17:47:12 EDT 2007, rsc@swtch.com wrote:
> > 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


  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-24 22:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-24 21:36 erik quanstrom
2007-04-24 21:47 ` Russ Cox
2007-04-24 22:01   ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2007-04-24 22:08     ` Russ Cox

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