Re: Filesystem vs file system

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From: Charli... Charlie Gibbs
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1992 00:31

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In article <aldavi01....@starbase.spd.louisville.edu>
alda...@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Arlie Davis) writes:

>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?

     Argh.  Why do I find myself wanting to call it a "file system"?
Probably because I look upon it as a system of files.  For that matter,
why do we not run every adjective into the noun it modifies?  Sigh...

Charli...@mindlink.bc.ca
"I'm cursed with hair from HELL!"  -- Night Court

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