Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: //host vs "mount point" Message-ID: <9591@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 04:47:09 EST Article-I.D.: mimsy.9591 Posted: Wed Dec 2 04:47:09 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 11:42:26 EST References: <648@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <1668@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <9446@tekecs.TEK.COM> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 22 In another article whose referent has been deleted, Doug Gwyn gives the following example: >> grep -i gwyn /n/ucbvax/n/monet/etc/passwd >> should work, but I doubt that >> grep -i gwyn //ucbvax//monet/etc/passwd >> would. In article <9446@tekecs.TEK.COM> andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) writes: >What you really want (at least in the environment I work in) is > grep -i gwyn //monet/etc/passwd >All hosts reside in the same flat name space.... This one is too easy. There are places that, for administrative reasons (read `paranoia and/or pinheadedness' :-) ), *require* such indirection. (I am not claiming that UCB is one such.) Incidentally, I think the Internet growth has shown why flat name spaces are bad. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris