Directory or Folder
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
I prefer the old fashioned "directory". I don't remember when "folder" became more popular, probably around the time Win95 was introduced.
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
Directory is old school, shows you didn't start using computers on Windows 95 ;) (I user them interchangeably though, most people get it.)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Directory is old school, shows you didn't start using computers on Windows 95 ;) (I user them interchangeably though, most people get it.)
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Yes, but I'm perturbed by .NET using a Directory class and not a Folder class. This seems to hint at MS aiming toward 'directory' again.
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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Yes, but I'm perturbed by .NET using a Directory class and not a Folder class. This seems to hint at MS aiming toward 'directory' again.
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
Probably more a case of what developers are used to and what every other library/framework out there uses. Plus I'd probably cry if I had to type
Folder.mkfolderinstead ofDir.mkdirregards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Yes, but I'm perturbed by .NET using a Directory class and not a Folder class. This seems to hint at MS aiming toward 'directory' again.
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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Probably more a case of what developers are used to and what every other library/framework out there uses. Plus I'd probably cry if I had to type
Folder.mkfolderinstead ofDir.mkdirregards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
<code>Directory.CreateDirectory()</code> is only six keystrokes. :-D
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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<code>Directory.CreateDirectory()</code> is only six keystrokes. :-D
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
Copy and paste is only four :P
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
*nix = Directory Windows = Folder
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Pre-W95: Directory Post-W95: Folder as best as I can recall.
I prefer Directory. But then Hey I prefer the old User Hostile Computers of the Late 70's Early 80's... DOS was wonderful, a blank screen and a c:\ Prompt. It meant people who knew nothing about computers kept their grubby little protruberences off them! :) [Falls into nostalgiac reverie for DOS 3.0 and the magic of Batch Files]
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
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There is also "FolderBrowserDialog" under the Windows.Forms namespace. Guess even they can't decide!
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
Phannon wrote:
There is also "FolderBrowserDialog" under the Windows.Forms namespace. Guess even they can't decide!
I see the folder as the visual representation of a directory. It seems entirely consistent to me that the filesystem might play with directories while the user plays with folders. It also means that the user can play with a folder called "My documents" without needing to know that the directory it refers to is x:\luser_space\pointless_data\
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I prefer Directory. But then Hey I prefer the old User Hostile Computers of the Late 70's Early 80's... DOS was wonderful, a blank screen and a c:\ Prompt. It meant people who knew nothing about computers kept their grubby little protruberences off them! :) [Falls into nostalgiac reverie for DOS 3.0 and the magic of Batch Files]
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
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I prefer Directory. But then Hey I prefer the old User Hostile Computers of the Late 70's Early 80's... DOS was wonderful, a blank screen and a c:\ Prompt. It meant people who knew nothing about computers kept their grubby little protruberences off them! :) [Falls into nostalgiac reverie for DOS 3.0 and the magic of Batch Files]
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
Nice to see that some of the dinosaurs like me are still around :rolleyes: Back then I knew the purpose of each file on my 20MB hard drive. I also spent hours to free the last bytes of conventional DOS memory by using EMM386 or Quarterdeck QEMM.
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Nice to see that some of the dinosaurs like me are still around :rolleyes: Back then I knew the purpose of each file on my 20MB hard drive. I also spent hours to free the last bytes of conventional DOS memory by using EMM386 or Quarterdeck QEMM.
I had an IBM XT with a 20M HD...I thought I was God. All that memory! Still had to trawl through and clean out the old rubbish from time to time as it was easily filled. Mainly used for accounts and a product database. Mind you was a hardy soul, solidly built, not like the cheap light stuff of today. :)
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
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I prefer Directory. But then Hey I prefer the old User Hostile Computers of the Late 70's Early 80's... DOS was wonderful, a blank screen and a c:\ Prompt. It meant people who knew nothing about computers kept their grubby little protruberences off them! :) [Falls into nostalgiac reverie for DOS 3.0 and the magic of Batch Files]
------------------------------------ "I want you to imagine I have a blaster in my hand" - Zaphod Beeblebrox. "You DO have a blaster in your hand" - Freighter Pilot "Yeah, so you don't have to tax your imagination too hard" - Zaphod Beeblebrox
When VB1 came out, I also scorned the GUI, event based softie coder's tool.
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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Phannon wrote:
There is also "FolderBrowserDialog" under the Windows.Forms namespace. Guess even they can't decide!
I see the folder as the visual representation of a directory. It seems entirely consistent to me that the filesystem might play with directories while the user plays with folders. It also means that the user can play with a folder called "My documents" without needing to know that the directory it refers to is x:\luser_space\pointless_data\
I like! :rose:
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
If you wanted to create one of those puppies, you would call ... wait for it ...
CreateDirectory().Best wishes, Hans
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Nice to see that some of the dinosaurs like me are still around :rolleyes: Back then I knew the purpose of each file on my 20MB hard drive. I also spent hours to free the last bytes of conventional DOS memory by using EMM386 or Quarterdeck QEMM.
Michael Schubert wrote:
I also spent hours to free the last bytes of conventional DOS memory by using EMM386 or Quarterdeck QEMM.
Ahh the good old days. I was considered a god by the local natives for my ability to squeeze out the last possible byte of memory.
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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A 'map'? oops, sorry, that's just for the dutch...
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It make sense, and it also makes 'directory' make more sense. When you look at a road map, you see a line representing a road, just as a folder represents a directory, but you don't talk of 'lines' on a road map, you talk of 'roads'.
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
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What is the more appropriate term for describing a file containing location on disk?
Pits fall into Chuck Norris.
'Folder' when there's UI around, 'Directory' otherwise? ;P I tend to use directory, but move to folder when there are users around