why do we use systemd?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2014-07-09 at 09:49 +1000, Norman Gaywood wrote:
> On 7 July 2014 08:34, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2014-07-06 at 13:01 -0700, David Benfell wrote:
> >> *What*, for example, is "the usual meaning" of "file system objects?"
> >> A
> >> file? Why not just say "file?" And if the documentation really means
> >> files
> >> or pipes or devices, then why not say "files or pipes or devices?"
> >
> > I assume it means "something with a name in the filesystem".
> 
> What about a file without a name? :-)
> 
> If you delete all filenames of a file while it is opened by a process,
> it still uses filesystem space but has no name.

I know, but we're talking about things which can be referred to from
elsewhere, meaning they have a name.

poc