Talk:Root directory

Comment from cprompt with responses

I think the metaphor before the edit by Koyaanis Qatsi is clearer. To say that a document is in the room but not in the filing cabinet implies that the document exists external to the system which envelopes the rest of the documents. The original metaphor is closer to a true parallel when you consider the filing cabinet as a file system, as the folders as subdirectories. I'd like to see if anyone else has an opinion before I make a revert back to the original metaphor.

cprompt

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" It can be likened to the root of a tree in which there are no more branches above. " Huh? In a tree, ALL branches are above the roots. I know what you're trying to say, but the way this is phrased it sounds a bit bizarre! GRAHAMUK 07:06, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Better? Sorry... Dysprosia 07:08, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)

That's why I added the link to tree data structure, so people without a computer science background would understand that in CS land trees grow down, not up.

Also, the note about Unix and FAT file systems is incorrect. Unix does put every filesystem in a directory, but it can use FAT partitions in just the same way. What you probably meant is that DOS/Windows insist on having a separate root for each partition. (Sorry, it's 0:30 over here and I'm ready for bed. I'll look at it again tomorrow to see if it still needs editing.) -- Kimiko 22:32, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I have the vague impression that newer versions of Windows (all NT, or just 2000 and higher?) do support mounting filesystems at path points under an existing drive letter, but don't know details. Certainly it's not the default behavior. --Brion 07:49, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Windows "Workspace"/Desktop

Most recent versions of Windows have the "Desktop" (phyiscally, a subdirectory of the user's home directory (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Desktop)) as root of the hierarchy. The "workspace" (where the drives are mounted) is a subfolder of that.

This does not seem to be actually implemented in terms of file paths, though, so I don't know how noteworthy that development is.

To me it seems like another half-assed attempt to copy an existing design (like DOS, JScript, etc.), but the point is that there are clear tendencies towards a more Unixy way of doing things. — Ashmodai ^{(talk · contribs)} 07:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Miniroot.gz

Can anybody include a section about miniroot.gz ?. Thanks in advance --Mac 08:30, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

This website is dead/no longer active. Senator2029 (talk) 01:43, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Master directory

Should Master Directory redirect here or anywhere else or be a disambiguation page?90.190.225.121 (talk) 08:58, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

how can i reinstall my gdiplus.dll files ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.152.69.223 (talk) 14:30, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Directories / and /root

Dear Wikipedia community,

please receive my most respectful greeting. Right now I am refreshing my abilities with Linux and I have to say that I liked this article very much. Particularly the section about the directories / and /root which (disgracefully?) have the same name. Despite the fact it is a long custom they share the same name, is there a way to ... I don't know, create a petition so they have different names? I have an idea but I would like to know where/how to expose it.

Thank you very much.

George Rodney Maruri Game (talk) 06:36, 19 November 2011 (UTC)