On Sat, Mar 28, 2026 at 03:22:05PM +0000, James Youngman <[email protected]> wrote:
> What about "directory with no children" or "directory with no descendants"? There's nothing ambiguous about "empty directory". Everyone knows that all directories contain "." and "..". And everyone knows that directories that only contain "." and ".." are empty. I don't think that introducing familial terminology as jargon is helpful. You might then feel the need to define the jargon use of the familial terminology to make it clear that "." and ".." do not constitute "children" or "descendants" of a directory. Just don't. There's no need. cheers, raf
