On Jan 29, 2008 11:44 PM, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MB Software Solutions wrote: > > > Paul McNett wrote: > >> <snipped> > >> Weird that drive letters should exist at all, actually. > > > > What would you rather...volume names? > > I like the *nix way: a virtual filesystem that abstracts away the fact > that there is more than one physical disk at play. The cdrom, floppy, > hard disks, and network volumes all exist somewhere in the / tree. > Everything in the filesystem is relative to /, the root of the tree. > > In Windows, there isn't one root; rather, there's one root for each > volume. > > Having to specify a drive letter keeps you from being able to be > relative; forces you to be absolute. It is brittle, inflexible, > annoying, and shortsighted. > --------------------------------------------------------------------
It is just a RPITA to keep the letter charade. Take a server with the raid defined with multiple spindles. I would much rather deal with /logs/ then L:\ YMMV -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
