On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 03:20:20PM EST, Merciadri Luca wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > John Hasler <jhas...@debian.org> writes: > > > BTW they are directories, not "folders".
> Sorry, English is not my mother tongue. Does it appear so artificial? > Sorry. Maybe the distinction is not a matter of whatever mother tongue forced upong us, but rather a difference in terminology between *nixspeak and MacWindowsSpeak? In any case, in the context of your query, which is an operation that involves components of a file system, the technical term directory appears to be more appropriate than the vague icon-inspired term folder. CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org