On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 08:26:47PM -0400, . via Dng wrote: > > > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400 > > Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> 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" ?
That would work. > > My understanding is that filesystems such as /dev and /proc contain > things that aren't quite files /or/ directories. > Right. I wouldn't mind it the noun included those, too. I will run into them occasionally, stat them and decide I don't need to process them. -- hendrik pub RSA 3072/6469F0DD 2020-01-18 . <[email protected]> > sub RSA 3072/9DDD5F68 2020-01-18 > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
