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[Jamin Day <jaminday+ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jae,

Thanks for picking this up, although I'm relatively sure we did make a
comment somewhere early in that chapter that folder and directory are used
interchangeably. If it's an in-text comment though you are right, might be
better off as a margin note instead to make it more visible.

I'm at work at the moment so can't check this out but I'll have another look
when I get home.

JaminDay

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Jae Stutzman <jaebird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Jae Stutzman <jaebird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I'm reading through chapter 6, command-line. I notice that "folder"
> > and "directory" are both used. I have a suggestion that there should
> > be a sidebar that defines that directory and folder are the same
> > thing. Then use directory throughout the chapter. At this time pwd is
> > defined in one place as "print working folder" :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jae
> >
>
> Possible sidebar text:
>
> In GUI environments the term "folder" is commonly used to describe a
> place where files are stored. In CLI environments the term "directory"
> is used to describe the same thing and this metaphor is exposed in
> many commands (i.e. "cd" or "pwd").
>
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