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ROOT(3)                    Library Functions Manual                    ROOT(3)



NAME
       root - the root file system

SYNOPSIS
       /
       /boot
       /dev
       /env
       /proc
       /net

DESCRIPTION
       The  syntax is illegal, so this device can only be accessed directly by
       the kernel.

       This device is set up by the kernel to be the root of the  name  space.
       The names in the one-level tree are mostly just place-holders, to allow
       a place to bind(2) to.  The exception is  /boot,  which  provides  exe‐
       cutable  code when read.  The kernel does an exec(2) of /boot when ini‐
       tializing.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/9/port/devroot.c



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