On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 12:39:28AM +0400, Dimitri Minaev via Dng wrote:
> Directory entry?

A good term. Close to what I mean.

Of course I really want it to describe what a directory entry points to.
But it's an established convention to name a pointer or thunk what it
points to, so that's not too bad.

I think the quest to find a term that's traditional in the Unix/Linux
community is probably hopeless.

As of now, I'll settle for something better than Thing.

-- hendrik

>
> вс, 23 авг. 2020 г., 21:56 Steve Litt <slitt@???>:
>
> > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:19:12 -0700
> > spiralofhope <spiralofhope@???> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400
> > > Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> 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 to locate a file or directory, so it's the wrong
> > word for this purpose. I'd suggest either "file or directory", or to
> > coin your own word (filerectory?).
> >
> > I coined the word wmde to stand for "Window manager or desktop
> > environment", because in many cases you can use either to fulfill the
> > same basic purpose.
> >
> > SteveT
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