Funny how the DOS equivalent of ls is dir, so before the GUI folder metaphor.
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2024
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Discord? For Linux communities? Linux communities usually like to stick to non-proprietary solutions.
My beard isn't big enough for those ones
Directory means a listing. You are referring to the list of names of some items.
I'm usually working with folders that actually contain files and other folders. It's often closed, so the content is not shown. A folder is a container.
Wikipedia clarifies this difference.
A telephone directory does not contain telephones.
a file directory doesent contain anything but adresses aswell
Go down that path and it's all binary. But users deal with metaphors. And containers are very useful.
Both are noobs. Its Linux, they're all files!
Meh, I dont care. If they used a word that wasn't directly linked to the concept then I might care.
Likewise, we all know what it means, regardless if you say it like this or that.
Well dir
theyrethesamepicture.jpg
kill this heathen!
Burn the witch!
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