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Unix, on the other hand,
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has a unique root directory
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and mounts drives (including removable media)
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as directories on the filesystem. [#disk_location]
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and mounts drives (including removable media)_
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as directories on the filesystem. [#disk_location]_
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On Linux, flash drives are mounted under ``/media/``,
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are assigned a directory based on their label,
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.. [#disk_location]
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Multics appears to be the first operating system with a root directory
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Multics, the predecessor to Unix,
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appears to be the first operating system with a root directory
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and a hierarchical filesystem underneath it.
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.. TODO: source
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However, the motivations for such a scheme go back further.
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One of the most influential time-sharing systems,
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CTSS, recognized the need for accessing files independent of their disk location.
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This has many practical benefits,
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such as accessing cloud storage as if it were an ordinary directory.
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.. TODO: source
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There is a project to bring FUSE to Windows,
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but it is no longer maintained
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and its various forks are not as mature as the Linux implementation.
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.. TODO: source
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