Re: Filesystem vs file system

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From: Jay.As... Jay Ashworth
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1992 18:09

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Barry Margolin, to All on Friday April 24 1992:

 BM> Terminology question: are the Unix units of file storage called
 BM> "filesystems" (one word) or "file systems" (two words)?  Neither is in
 BM> TNHD.

To the best of my knowledge, Barry, from 9 years at this...

The jargon term for what you boot from, or mount, on a unix system is, from the preponderance of the references I've seen, is "filesystem" (no space).

Cheers,
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