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Re: Any Unix-like aspect in AmigaOS?
« on: May 26, 2009, 02:40:27 AM »
It was Unix-like in the sense that it can multitask.  The differences between them are much greater than the similarities.  Most Unix implementations have trouble with desktop use and graphics acceleration and are better served on a server.  The few that were useful as workstations typically used proprietary graphics chips that were not at all well-suited for home use.
 

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Re: Any Unix-like aspect in AmigaOS?
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2009, 03:48:52 PM »
Quote from: marcfrick2112;456340
Well, I think there might be more similarities, but of course, if I'm wrong, feel free to correct me....

Both Amiga and Unix can be controlled entirely from the command prompt, and that the command prompt is always there, even if you can't see it...
the  ' . ' and '..' commands to go up one level, and to the root directory respectively... although in AmigaDos it's '/' and ':'
Both have more types of file protection bits than windows (I believe)
In Unix, the '.' points to the current directory and '..' points to the parent directory.  '/' points to the root directory.  The mount points of additional drives are often in a /mnt/ or /media/ directory while on AmigaDOS, each volume has its own device name and volume name.  There aren't many similarities between the file systems of the two operating systems.