Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Where did . come from | From | Casey Schaufler <> | Date | Thu, 24 Mar 2016 09:46:42 -0700 |
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On 3/23/2016 9:29 PM, Hgntkwis@vfemail.net wrote: > Granted, you need something to signify that a file is a dir (remember, > in linux everything is a file), and what the parent dir is. > I'm assuming that the kernel folks decided the name, or at least have > some idea about it. > I'm not objecting, it's fine, I just want to know this history behind the > decision to use . instead of say $ or %.
Minimum amount of ink used on a TTY33. No, I'm not kidding. It dates back to the UNIX systems of the 1970's.
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