Re: How to compare one folder to one directory

["Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com>]

On 03.11.2023 08:17, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> Calling these things "folders" discards all of this history and
> knowledge.
>
> But the real problem with calling them "folders" is that it doesn't
> match the Unix user interface.
>     
    Personally, I don't see the problem, because I was talking to people
    not Unix user interfaces.
    I can agree that word "directory" is more correct scientifically and
    word "folder" sound simplified, but 
    so does word "hammer" sound more simple than scientifically correct
    "hand tool for nail punching".
    In the end both names mean the same thing and people will always
    interpret them correctly, which is the most important part.
    And if I had to talk to Unix user interface I'd speak in system
    calls and
    expected neither "directories" nor "folders" as answers, but data
    structures and return codes instead.
    
    How is this still going?

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With kindest regards, Alexander.

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