Re: [MiNT] Strange getcwd() return value

[Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>]

On Fri, 2013-10-25 at 18:51 +0000, Peter Slegg wrote:

> If I understand it, in DOS if you enter C: it changes to the C drive and
> then \ is the root of that drive's filesystem.

Correct.

> In unix / is the root of the filesystem which doesn't exist in DOS.
> The unix root is on a physical drive but is / just an alias to the device ?

The device which the root filesystem is located on is specified in a
boot parameter. Maybe you can call it an alias, I don't know the terms
used by the unix/linux people.

Jo Even