Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/08/03/23:32:08
M. Schulter wrote:
> As a user of MS-DOS 6.22 and DJGPP, I must admit to having no idea of
> how
> to "make a folder," although this sounds rather like a directory, and I
> understand that some OSes and environments do have "folders" which are
> more or less synonymous with directories.
It's common usage, especially for people who use several operating
systems, to refer to directories and folders as the same thing when
referring to filesystems. (I know of no operating system, where the two
are both referenced with respect to the filesystems and have incompatible
meanings).
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