Bug 74395

Summary:	inconsistent name for folder/directory
Product:	kdesktop	Reporter:	bastiaf
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Faure <faure>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	finex
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	FreeBSD Ports
OS:	FreeBSD
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description bastiaf 2004-02-06 20:15:43 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.0)
Installed from:    FreeBSD Ports
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 [FreeBSD] 20031106 
OS:          FreeBSD

To use "Folder" for "Directory" isn't good. Look at
man mkdir
man rmdir
man cd
man dir
man directory (opendir, readdir, telldir, seekdir, etc.)
man dirent
man dirname
etc.

There are no command like mkfolder, rmfolder, cf or something else.

And please look at ls, for example:
drwx------  5 bastiaf  bastiaf  512 Jan 26 22:44 documents/
d like directory, not f like folder.

I thought KDE is an Unix desktop. Why we need Microsoft terminology? And ... do you ever have an folder in a folder in a folder in the real world?

There are other manpages like "hier" and source code ... you will never find the word folder. Why this useless inconsistency? And I think it's not possible to change Unix permissions or outputs (ls for example) to the word folder.

Comment 1 Maksim Orlovich 2004-02-06 20:27:29 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 71270 ***

Comment 2 FiNeX 2009-01-02 20:27:03 UTC

Bug closed. Kdesktop is no more mantained.