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-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2010 Free Software Foundation,
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation,
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@@ -17,3 +17,26 @@ processes and [[capabilities|capability]] also survive reboot. To a
process, it generally only looks as if it had not been
scheduled for a long time; the rest of its environment
remains essentially the indistinguishable.
+
+
+# GNU/Hurd
+
+The GNU/Hurd is not a persistent system: there are no persistent
+[[capabilities|capability]]. All data that is stored in files in the file
+system, is serialized.
+
+
+# Further Reading
+
+[[!toggleable id=shapiro_capintro_1999 text="""[[!template id=note
+text="*[[shapiro\_capintro\_1999|capability]]*:
+{{$capability#shapiro_capintro_1999}}.
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+
+ * Section *Writing Things Down* in [[!toggle id=shapiro_capintro_1999
+ text="[shapiro\_capintro\_1999]"]].
+
+
+[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] <!--
+<http://www.eros-os.org/essays/Persistence.html>
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