You can CD (change directory) at the command line (aka console) but you can't CF (change folder). 😁
I think Directory is just an older term used at command line and then when GUIs came along people saw the yellow folder and started calling them folders.
I understand directory to be a technical term for a concept of the file system, strictly related to inodes. Folders are a more general topic, including folders in the Registry or when viewing the old control panel from Explorer.
When I'm working with unix admins I use "directory", when I'm with Win/Mac admins I use "folder", and when I code I use "path". I'm just a tech "whore" who will "be whatever you need me to be"! Ha ha!!
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Can you elaborate on this meme?
I do not understand.
I know a directory is (usually) more broad in sense, but I am unsure what distinguishes it from a "folder" conceptually.
You can CD (change directory) at the command line (aka console) but you can't CF (change folder). 😁
I think Directory is just an older term used at command line and then when GUIs came along people saw the yellow folder and started calling them folders.
Nothing more than that really.
I understand directory to be a technical term for a concept of the file system, strictly related to inodes. Folders are a more general topic, including folders in the Registry or when viewing the old control panel from Explorer.
What are inodes? And what makes folders more general?
This seems like a good description: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inode?wprov=...
When I'm working with unix admins I use "directory", when I'm with Win/Mac admins I use "folder", and when I code I use "path". I'm just a tech "whore" who will "be whatever you need me to be"! Ha ha!!