Re: [DNG] Terminology question

2020-08-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 08:26:47PM -0400, . via Dng wrote: > > > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400 > > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > There are files and directories. > > > > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity > > for something which might be a file or a directory? > > > > -- hend

[DNG] Terminology question

2020-08-23 Thread . via Dng
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > There are files and directories. > > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity > for something which might be a file or a directory? > > -- hendrik Maybe "filesystem element" ? My understanding is that filesystems such

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-23 Thread karl
Hendrik: > There are files and directories. > > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity > for something which might be a file or a directory? One could possible use "file system node", perhaps shortened to fsnode. Regards, /Karl Hammar __

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 05:37:52PM -0500, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > On 2020-08-23 17:20, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > I suspect that's what I'm going to have to do. > > Unless something better comes along I'm calling it a Thing. > > I do hope something better comes along. > > > > -- hendrik > >

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-23 Thread golinux
On 2020-08-23 17:20, Hendrik Boom wrote: I suspect that's what I'm going to have to do. Unless something better comes along I'm calling it a Thing. I do hope something better comes along. -- hendrik From my early Linux days I remember discussion of "filesystem hierarchy". Aren't directories

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 02:02:07PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2020-08-23 03:19, spiralofhope 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? > > struct stat ;-) Hhmmm.

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 01:55:59PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:19:12 -0700 > spiralofhope wrote: > > > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400 > > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > > Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity > > > for something which might be a file or

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-23 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2020-08-23 03:19, spiralofhope 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? struct stat ;-) -- Ian ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 03:19:12 -0700 spiralofhope wrote: > On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400 > Hendrik Boom 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 t

Re: [DNG] terminology

2020-08-23 Thread spiralofhope
On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:59:53 -0400 Hendrik Boom 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? ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailin

[DNG] terminology

2020-08-23 Thread Hendrik Boom
There are files and directories. Is there an establiched word in the Linux/Unix xommunity for something which might be a file or a directory? -- hendrik ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng

Re: [DNG] measure memory usage

2020-08-23 Thread g4sra via Dng
On 22/08/2020 16:03, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 10:47:53AM +0100, g4sra via Dng wrote: >> Your query does not make sense to me. >> >> On 21/08/2020 21:23, Hendrik Boom wrote: >>> Is there a way for process to ask about its own memory usage? >>> >>> Something perhaps like the C f