Re: [MiNT] Strange getcwd() return value

[Thomas Jürges <thomas@senmut.net>]

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On 2013-10-25 20:51, Peter Slegg wrote:
> 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 ?

No, not really.  "/" is the root of the unified filesystem on
Unix-like OSes and is not necessarily mapped to a physical device.
One can mount a ram disk as "/" and then mount other filesystems
(mapped to physical devices) anywhere below "/".

Cheers,
	T.
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