Am Montag, 18. September 2006 11:10 schrieb ext Matteo Pillon: > I was wondering why Linux doesn't treat directories like files, as many > other unix implementations do.
It's not Linux, but the applications.
> For example, in Linux, you can't do 'cat .' while on FreeBSD you can.
> Why? There is a practical reason?
Because one is GNU cat and one is BSD cat. "less ." and "vi ." work just
fine, while "more ." doesn't (even though more is less on Linux).
Bye...
Dirk
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