On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 11:46 -0400, Jacques B. wrote: > > > Splitting hairs? Not really. The "root directory" (terminology > > used by Karl) to most would be /root on a running Linux system. > > That term > > I always thought the root directory (on a running system--not with > respect to Grub) was / (the root node of the directory tree), not to > be confused with the superuser's home directory, /root. (Yikes, > more overloading...) heh. indeed. when i'm teaching intro linux (and, yes, as frightening as it sounds, i actually train people in the use of linux), i'm typically *very* careful about my terminology: / *the* root directory /root *root's* home directory /home *the* home directory, as opposed to ... /home/fred *fred's* home directory distinguishing between these early saves all sorts of grief down the road. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
