Le 29/08/2020 à 11:24, Didier Kryn a écrit :
> Le 28/08/2020 à 15:39, Adam Borowski a écrit :
>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 08:37:07AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
for something which might be a file or a directory?
Theref
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 08:37:07AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> > for something which might be a file or a directory?
> > Therefore it looks to me more like an implementation
> > detail than a sensible concept.
>
> I do miss
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 08:00:54AM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Le 24/08/2020 à 00:20, Hendrik Boom a écrit :
> > On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 01:55:59PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> >> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:19:12 -0700
> >> spiralofhope wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
> >>> Hendrik
Le 24/08/2020 à 00:20, Hendrik Boom a écrit :
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 01:55:59PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:19:12 -0700
>> spiralofhope wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
>>> Hendrik Boom wrote:
>>>
Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommun
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 06:31:37PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 13:15:52 -0400
> Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
>
> > So if we were to use fd as short for file-or-directory it could
> > better be short for file descriptor.
>
> Not in my opinion. Some people get infuriated when confron
Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400 - Hendrik Boom :
> There are files and directories.
>
> Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> for something which might be a file or a directory?
If you mean regular file and directory and you want something descriptive
that isn't an acronym,
Directory entry?
вс, 23 авг. 2020 г., 21:56 Steve Litt :
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:19:12 -0700
> spiralofhope wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
> > Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> > > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> > > for something which might be a file or a
On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 13:15:52 -0400
Hendrik Boom wrote:
> So if we were to use fd as short for file-or-directory it could
> better be short for file descriptor.
Not in my opinion. Some people get infuriated when confronted with
"insider" acronyms, which is what fd sounds like. Also, fd is often
On 24/08/2020 18:15, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 10:43:26AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
>> On 8/24/20 10:32 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>>>
>>> Mu memory may be failing ne after almost half a century, but I recall
>>> that the original Unix, way back in the early 70's,
>>> even di
On Mon, 24 Aug 2020, Curtis Maurand via Dng wrote:
> > On Aug 24, 2020, at 9:16 AM, Luciano Mannucci
> > wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:52:55 -0400
> > fsmithred via Dng wrote:
> >> I was told that everything in linux is a file, even your hardware.
> > No,no, this is plan9...
> >
> it?s
Curtis Maurand via Dng [24.08.2020 16:30]:
> in plan9 everything is an object.
Not at all. Everything is a file, not an object, whatever that is.
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On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 10:43:26AM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote:
> On 8/24/20 10:32 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> > Mu memory may be failing ne after almost half a century, but I recall
> > that the original Unix, way back in the early 70's,
> > even directories could be read as files. Not that
On 8/24/20 10:32 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
> Mu memory may be failing ne after almost half a century, but I recall
> that the original Unix, way back in the early 70's,
> even directories could be read as files. Not that there was
> some hidden trickery making them into files; instead there wer
On 23/08/2020 14:59, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> There are files and directories.
>
> Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> for something which might be a file or a directory?
Directories are just files that contain file metadata information in a format
specific to the filesystem
On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 03:15:22PM +0200, Luciano Mannucci wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:52:55 -0400
> fsmithred via Dng wrote:
>
> > I was told that everything in linux is a file, even your hardware.
> No,no, this is plan9...
As well as its successor, Inferno.
Lots of things are files in Uni
Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 24, 2020, at 9:16 AM, Luciano Mannucci
> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:52:55 -0400
> fsmithred via Dng wrote:
>
>> I was told that everything in linux is a file, even your hardware.
> No,no, this is plan9...
>
it’s been fun reading this thread.
in plan
On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 08:52:55 -0400
fsmithred via Dng wrote:
> I was told that everything in linux is a file, even your hardware.
No,no, this is plan9...
Luciano.
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On 8/23/20 6:37 PM, goli...@devuan.org wrote:
> On 2020-08-23 17:20, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>>
>> I suspect that's what I'm going to have to do.
>> Unless something better comes along I'm calling it a Thing.
>> I do hope something better comes along.
>>
>> -- hendrik
>
> From my early Linux days I re
Hendrik:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 01:51:05AM +0200, k...@aspodata.se wrote:
> > Hendrik:
> > > There are files and directories.
> > >
> > > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> > > for something which might be a file or a directory?
> >
> > One could possible use "file syst
Hi,
On 23/08/2020 15:59, Hendrik Boom wrote:
There are files and directories.
Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
for something which might be a file or a directory?
if you refer to the "string" to object on the filesystem, "path" is a
good word for it.
A Path can be
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 08:26:47PM -0400, . via Dng wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
> > Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > There are files and directories.
> >
> > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> > for something which might be a file or a directory?
> >
> > -- hend
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
> Hendrik Boom wrote:
> There are files and directories.
>
> Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> for something which might be a file or a directory?
>
> -- hendrik
Maybe "filesystem element" ?
My understanding is that filesystems such
Hendrik:
> There are files and directories.
>
> Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> for something which might be a file or a directory?
One could possible use "file system node", perhaps shortened to fsnode.
Regards,
/Karl Hammar
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On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 05:37:52PM -0500, goli...@devuan.org wrote:
> On 2020-08-23 17:20, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> > I suspect that's what I'm going to have to do.
> > Unless something better comes along I'm calling it a Thing.
> > I do hope something better comes along.
> >
> > -- hendrik
>
>
On 2020-08-23 17:20, Hendrik Boom wrote:
I suspect that's what I'm going to have to do.
Unless something better comes along I'm calling it a Thing.
I do hope something better comes along.
-- hendrik
From my early Linux days I remember discussion of "filesystem
hierarchy". Aren't directories
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 02:02:07PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On 2020-08-23 03:19, spiralofhope wrote:
>
> > > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> > > for something which might be a file or a directory?
> >
> > Perhaps something like inode?
>
> struct stat ;-)
Hhmmm.
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 01:55:59PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:19:12 -0700
> spiralofhope wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
> > Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >
> > > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> > > for something which might be a file or
On 2020-08-23 03:19, spiralofhope wrote:
> > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> > for something which might be a file or a directory?
>
> Perhaps something like inode?
struct stat ;-)
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On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:19:12 -0700
spiralofhope wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
> Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
> > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> > for something which might be a file or a directory?
>
> Perhaps something like inode?
Inode is a number used t
On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
> for something which might be a file or a directory?
Perhaps something like inode?
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There are files and directories.
Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity
for something which might be a file or a directory?
-- hendrik
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