[Speakers] Topics, Topics, Topics,....

Adam Williams adam at morrison-ind.com
Fri Feb 11 14:25:41 EST 2005


> One more request.
> Don't assume anything more than we can spell our names.  Start with the
> ultra basics.

Do you understand that -

1.) Filesystems contain directories/folders that contains files and 
possibly yet more directories/folders?
2.) Files/Folders have names.  Multiple objects in the same folder can't 
have the same name.
3.) Files have some other attributes that aren't contents but are 
information ABOUT the file, like: created time, last modified time, 
owner, permissions, etc...  (What is called meta-data,  information 
ABOUT the data).  Not that you understand what all the attributes mean 
or are for, but that they exist on every file/folder but are not PART OF 
the file/folder.
4.) The difference between move and copy.  In the latter you duplicate 
to a new location or name or both,  and the the former the origin ceases 
to exist and the same content then exists in a different location and/or 
under a different name.

Seriously.


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