The Old New Thing

Why does each drive have its own current directory?

October 11, 2010 Oct 11, 2010 10/11/10

Raymond Chen

Commenter Dean Earley asks, "Why is there a 'current directory' AND an current drive? Why not merge them?" Pithy answer: Originally, each drive had its own current directory, but now they don't, but it looks like they do. Okay, let's unwrap that sentence. You actually know enough to answer the question yourself; you just have to put the ...