[OT] directories / folders

[The Small Box Admin]

>From a GUI - Folder
>From a shell or command line - Directory

Ken

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:46 AM, C M Reinehr <cmr at amsent.com> wrote:
> On Thu 03 December 2009 11:28:50 am Bill Campbell wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 03, 2009, Vu Pham wrote:
>> > When I refer to files and their paths, I have to choice between the
>> > words "directory" and "folder". Some people I talk to have no problem
>> > with  "directory" but some others find "folder" easier to understand.
>>
>> Folders is probably easier for the average non-computer type to
>> understand while computer geeks have been using directories for
>> decades now.
>>
>> Thinking about it, Folder is probably a more logical term as it
>> is a container for files and possibly other folders while the
>> term directory could be something else entirely.
>>
>> Bill
>
> As a certified Geek I have to disagree. As someone with a (very) basic
> understanding of Unix/Linux file structures, I find the term directory to be
> more correct. A directory doesn't contain any files. Rather, it is a list of
> pointers to inodes.
>
> But I agree with your assesment of the "average non-computer type".
> Cheers!
>
> cmr
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