On Thu, September 16, 2010 13:30, mohit verma wrote: > hello , > when we install any package the terminal shows in end " reading database" > (used by package manager like .deb or rpm). but as in linux everything is > nothing but a file. so database shown above must be a part of the > filesystem > . so why we not say that " reading filesystem". > what differs and imposes to say filesystem or database differentlly > inspite > of one being one subset of other (filesystem)? "Database" can be stored as a file or a collection of related files.� It need not be a hash or RDBM based system.
IMHO, 'reading a filesystem' would imply scanning a bunch of directories which contain unrelated files, whereas 'reading a database' implies information is in some sort of defined structure. Just my $0.02 worth. ------- William R. Mussatto, Senior Systems Engineer http://www.csz.com Ph. 909-920-9154 ext 101 Direct: 909-962-8547
