From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F26381C288 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1710687933; cv=none; b=QfyPjbvp0hlaNgBnsyF0gssjFWPX9hIuS+nxC4gsrObb94v1qVbkG69u/Ek1gTtZUemU4o383fd4pJI6bIbz4m00HyCBQxOScWW4vYDV545+IhxTfE9OoOyJw1bFdswrWMORnOxCw0jEIP8iS/jZFPiKTCfiupfPC0OeGKWt57M= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1710687933; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Af+uMd90vCl/nJKMFQStS9DPhheUtn3d+O6Iepzi7TU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=smOV0rRN9igMleIRZbhpOq5rjAPEwb4GyyO0TX3ihJnpGiCPcAPXMtHXFqXjj/Rk/W6NG5XiTH4SlmGd7ghZAYAfkSCAEuKokLDQkSjQUF3FVC5Qc58OFgPeXMp3kCB5R5wgqDakFD8mljKgciTb20Z+sHZd08C+nuIfN6o7v84= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=dqqxoO9M; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="dqqxoO9M" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DAF1BC433C7; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:05:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1710687932; bh=Af+uMd90vCl/nJKMFQStS9DPhheUtn3d+O6Iepzi7TU=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=dqqxoO9MKBIvmAk2q/C45768YL73bWqLBtcyAfBt7ZVGZL/l3wP8vVtzY+t9sGhT1 GZcVl8mKsGs9FOnM2QpdNpxD0qE35heYq5WFiWU4iw5ljkLUICBhpi/oqU7+mCsTI5 R480aMs4X2qoJskfy0wXt3NZyjjaizHCFu1PiFbALrGrkKlybAGD/FqaIe1nXsGm3+ nM37/9rP/2pe73VWtWH2XCBPsIkVY0Ba4JqUmhkDvpr3EfUOgliIcWQi7if+DKZJjM Xt8wOn98Dc/pBLIC/ZwXVQ0wNu7VNv5jm6fwZlKKxYggeEVPyxJw3y/skeHwNYQv/S YLkq+XDKWj2zQ== Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:05:29 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Jeremy Baxter Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] intro.1: Explain the meaning of a directory Message-ID: References: <20240317080850.28564-3-jtbx@disroot.org> <20240317080850.28564-6-jtbx@disroot.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fEc46VFtCOmbd7cB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240317080850.28564-6-jtbx@disroot.org> --fEc46VFtCOmbd7cB Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:05:29 +0100 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Jeremy Baxter Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] intro.1: Explain the meaning of a directory On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 09:08:31PM +1300, Jeremy Baxter wrote: > --- > man1/intro.1 | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) >=20 > diff --git a/man1/intro.1 b/man1/intro.1 > index 090678750..f0a8d98e0 100644 > --- a/man1/intro.1 > +++ b/man1/intro.1 > @@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ The command > In this example, we use it to find Maja's telephone number. > .SS Pathnames and the current directory > Files live in a large tree, called the file hierarchy. > +In this hierarchy, there are many > +.IR directories ; > +a directory is simply a file that can hold other files as opposed to tex= t. This might confuse more than it helps. What does "hold" mean? Does the directory hold the file data? As in a .tar archive? No. In any case, this subsection doesn't seem to treat how directories are represented in the filesystem, but rather how they are presented to the user in path names. > Each file has a > .I "pathname" > describing the location of the file from the root of the tree > --=20 > 2.44.0 >=20 >=20 --=20 --fEc46VFtCOmbd7cB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEE6jqH8KTroDDkXfJAnowa+77/2zIFAmX3BrkACgkQnowa+77/ 2zIgEg/+OBJv5fJGBtd6QraEAOcFDhZxdiaSkSXSqOzX20aAsxudqgEQhOZgvPOr pJjCTlo54iBrjkuZu0Jy2EkG73tIS7OAioWZIyQpTzCH8zdi2vqru/RjfybXkJVj mzgdTOmtigrg5+U2wbp8Y15h7A3eW7vzoqMie1W7lVWcX9eg81DshCuA/5JDt+Mg nA7v2T4eksTQpkbCxSM1tU6SqIIykMCl0iM6f9HQJELI34XV4dSosyf/k8+yeZqW TWcwyMYtxNAII4qAvtGFNaDRgRsuCzdhZHDANLyItEhLbjZMHvwQ/AoIuM9edjAR gZtpJQ/UEmSnUt6IOR7xa84TfTY5fmHseR/PTu2tQIgFg5uXd/JnxXSRP00PPOuq ksqMG48BoF+s4/aMoIafKS48gUpmhBQDi9Sy0JtxHAps2NcppNjrXvPlUsJ0AHB8 d+zIi3eLP2MCexHE7R2hAStWnls+MTrH+elgVpAUvIz9DNdsvFHv8wKGCG0dlGcv jcODXDe7bJ8lutDLD89KsWzvWd2+roGbXony5DTWvnpkRDSLWZsEg+YFU7A6Fv6h /ZLiSJNDkRc6RO/j9TmxCfOZa2jMon1zXnaDjqoLs12iU3QKhAgsv+o9YW8t852/ qFGD5qtaq2ZMbIUPa/Vak33UPBkTwlrd5GjKml4QuP54tDfNQ/g= =kIBJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fEc46VFtCOmbd7cB--