Selon Hans-Werner Hilse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:10:57 +0200 Matteo Pillon > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was wondering why Linux doesn't treat directories like files, as > > many other unix implementations do. > > Pragmatic answer: > > because nobody implemented it for most filesystems. Most filesystems > just define "generic_read_dir" as handling function for "readdir". > "generic_read_dir" always returns -EISDIR. > > (see /usr/src/linux/fs/libfs.c and /usr/src/linux/fs/*/dir.c) > > > For example, in Linux, you can't do 'cat .' while on FreeBSD you can. > > Why? There is a practical reason? > > Try vim . or, better view .
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