Re: Filesystem vs file system

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From: c... Christopher Davis
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1992 21:59

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Chris> == Chris Flatters,208,7209,homephone <cfla...@nrao.edu> 

 Chris> Better than allowing vendors to set terminology standards: check
 Chris> what POSIX standard uses.  IEEE 1003.1 sanctifies the term "file
 Chris> system", with a space.

To some, this would be a good reason to go with "filesystem" instead.

(Hey, that's what we need, a man(1) program that replaces 'file system'
with 'filesystem', in accordance with POSIX standards, but only when
you've set the environment variable POSIX_ME_HARDER.)
--
Christopher Davis * c...@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
    Samizdata isn't that different from Samizdat.  -- Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

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