UNIX

MSDOS

names

255 letters, capital/small

8.3 letters, all capitals

separator

/

\

tree

one tree, origin: root/

one tree per partition (c:, d:, etc.)

drives

included in the tree,
originating from /dev

one tree per drive (a:, c:, etc.)

types of files

• ordinary
• specialised (character, block)
• directory
• named pipes

only ordinary

properties

• read
• write
• execute
• owner-specified (owner,group,all)
• sticky

• system
• hidden
• archive
• no overwriting

owners and users

• owner
• group
• all

none

fixed directories

• / (root)
• /bin, /dev, /etc, /lib, /tmp, /home, /usr

C:\dos