Re: [PATCH v2 3/6] intro.1: Explain the meaning of a directory

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On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 09:08:31PM +1300, Jeremy Baxter wrote:
> ---
>  man1/intro.1 | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> 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 text.

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
> -- 
> 2.44.0
> 
> 

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