Re: Clarification about section 3.1 (The Root Filesystem, Purpose)

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Thomas Sippel - Dau <t.sippel-dau@ic.ac.uk> writes:

>     o  are not formally static libraries (/lib) or shared objects (/lib)
>        The conceptual difference between a directory and a library
>        escapes me, essentially, libraries are more efficient to read
>        than directories, and more difficult to write, which makes them have 
>        more homogeneous contents. In fact, the ar processor for libraries
>        was also used as a convenient way to pack directory hierarchies
>        into a single object.

The difference between libraries and directories is huge.  I suppose
if you disregard the differences, then they look the same.

For example, you list directories with the "ls" command; you list
libraries with the "ar" command.  Need I describe more differences?