Re: what's next for the linux kernel?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 10:52:59AM -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> Also it has nothing at all to do with the kernel. It's what `ls`
> or some other directory-reading program provides for the user.
> People often forget that PATH, `pwd`, etc., are just filter
> components!
> 
> When you `cd` to somewhere, your location hasn't changed at
> all!

So what does bash do that makes the new location 'busy' when you cd to
it such that you can't unmount it?

> Without involving the kernel, one can make any kind of filter
> to cause any sort of display that you want.

An it certainly is something that should be done in user space.

Len Sorensen
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