On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 07:00, Scott <scottro@nyc.
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 08:24:28AM -0000, dbneeley wrote:
>> Jeff,
>>
>> > Sure... but first... Folders exist in Windows. Linux has Directories.
>> > Not that I'm trying to sound deliberately difficult, but nomenclature
>> > is important ;-)
>>
>> A little later in the same post, you said:
>>
>>
>> > You were told that you needed to create a folder. Yes and no. For
>> > what it's worth, I always create a temporary folder to open tarballs
>> > in...just because there have been too many times when I've opened one
>> > that was just a bunch of files, only to have those files now littering
>> > my home directory, or /etc or some other location.
>
> He's being sloppy with language, however he is correct. Although the
> terms are used interchangeably, the proper term in Unix and Unix like
> systems is directory.
>
> On the other hand, most people use folder, and everyone knows what they
> mean. :)
That's right... I am correct! HAH! <head shaking> but yeah, with
consistency, I fail it. I blame it on having to explain things to too
many non-Linux users and having to constantly switch back and forth
between Linuxese and Windowish. :-)
But that being said, I stand sufficiently poked for not only using
both terms, but using them in the SAME post.
I will now don the cone of shame ;-)
Also, David and everyone else:
"Sorry, but common practice--just as you use it--is that "folder" and
"directory" are equivalent regardless of operating system."
Actually, this is something I always took sort of for granted... but
anyone know how folders actually work in Windows?? Are they actually
equivalent to *nix directories?
For *nix, a directory is just a special file that contains pointers to
the inode for each file, or other sub-directory.
do the same, or do they do something different?
Just a curiostiy for this rainy morning.
Cheers
Jeff
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