Re: Copying only files that are not into the destination
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 03:20:20PM EST, Merciadri Luca wrote:
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> John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org> writes:
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> > BTW they are directories, not "folders".
> Sorry, English is not my mother tongue. Does it appear so artificial?
> Sorry.
Maybe the distinction is not a matter of whatever mother tongue forced
upong us, but rather a difference in terminology between *nixspeak and
MacWindowsSpeak?
In any case, in the context of your query, which is an operation that
involves components of a file system, the technical term directory
appears to be more appropriate than the vague icon-inspired term folder.
CJ
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