> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> 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 as /dev and /proc contain
things that aren't quite files /or/ directories.