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Article #21264Re: Filesystem vs file system
From: alda... Arlie Davis
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1992 17:38
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1992 17:38
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In <11...@mindlink.bc.ca> Charli...@mindlink.bc.ca (Charlie Gibbs) writes: > >>In article <kveb78...@early-bird.think.com> bar...@think.com (Barry > >Margolin) writes: > >>>Terminology question: are the Unix units of file storage called > >>>"filesystems" (one word) or "file systems" (two words)? Neither is in > >>>TNHD. > My rule of thumb is to write it as one word if it's being used > as a noun, and two words if a verb (phrase). Thus I "log in", while > the act of doing so is a "login". So, to answer Barry's question, "filesystem", since we file system something, right? -- ______________ u.signature... '
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