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Everything really is a file: if you do `cat /` you'll get back the internal representation of the directory entries in / (analogous to ls) And they still had c
by btdmaster 9mo ago
Everything really is a file: if you do `cat /` you'll get back the internal representation of the directory entries in / (analogous to ls)
And they still had coredumps at the time if you press ctrl-\
- chuckadams 9mo agoI remember `cat` on directories working on Unixen much newer than v4. Not sure if it ever was the case on Linux tho.
- zahlman 9mo agoBeing able to cat directories like that doesn't surprise me as much as the contents being readable. Is there not a bunch of binary garbage in between the filenames?