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What's the difference? When I select "New Folder" on my computer's file browser, it creates a directory. Your comment is the first time I'm hearing they're not
by dag11 3y ago
What's the difference? When I select "New Folder" on my computer's file browser, it creates a directory. Your comment is the first time I'm hearing they're not interchangeable.
- assimpleaspossi 3y agoWhat do you do when you don't have a GUI--you are on the command line--and there is no "New Folder" to select? Do you mount a disk drive onto a folder? How does that make sense?
- creatonez 3y ago> Do you mount a disk drive onto a folder? Yes? It looks exactly the same as a folder in the UI either way.
- assimpleaspossi 3y agoWhat it looks like and what it is are two different things. A folder is a graphical representation. How do you stuff a hard drive into a paper, manila folder? How do I create a folder on a BSD server when there is no such term on a BSD server (but there is on a Windows machine)? Why does even Windows use both terms if, as some want to claim, they have the same meaning? Why does Wikipedia state they are not the same thing?
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