Am 01.06.2011 13:18, schrieb Invisible:
> On 01/06/2011 12:11, clipka wrote:
>> Am 01.06.2011 12:51, schrieb Invisible:
>>> Unix has a concept of "current working directory". Windows has an
>>> identical concept. But did you know that Windows keeps a working
>>> directory FOR EVERY DRIVE?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> And thus C:\ and C: are two different paths. Except that sometimes they
> point to the same place...

Yes.

It's one of those relics from the time when MS-DOS started out as a CP/M 
clone with a few added features. CP/M did have the concept of drives but 
didn't have directories, so one working directory per drive would give 
you the opportunity to have programs ported from CP/M stick to drives 
only, and yet prevent them from spamming the main directories of each 
drive they'd work on.

So back then it was probably a good idea.

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