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Re: path vs file name
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Marcus Brinkmann |
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Re: path vs file name |
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Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:37:11 +0100 |
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At Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:27:53 +0100,
Alfred M Szmidt wrote:
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> This one annoyed me a bit, there might be other places where the word
> "path" is incorrectly used for "file name". From the GCS (and I
> happen to agree quite strongly):
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> Please do not use the term "pathname" that is used in Unix
> documentation; use "file name" (two words) instead. We use the term
> "path" only for search paths, which are lists of directory names.
>
> OK to commit?
This is an arbitrary change and as thus I should reject it. But as
you obviously feel strongly about it, I concur, for this time (and
because I don't fancy consnode_patch either).
> 2005-01-10 Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org>
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> * console.c (consnode_path): Renamed to ...
> (console_node): ... this. Updated all references.
Thanks,
Marcus