• Cipher22@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I typically call them folders when going through the GUI and directories when using CLI.

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      6 months ago

      I never realized I subconsciously did this until your pointing it out. Huh. Thanks for that insight I suppose, haha

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        6 months ago

        well it sorta just makes sense, the gui presents it as a folder, you can move things around in it like a folder, conceptually it presents them in a way to make you think they are physical things stored in a physical folder/box. cli it really just feels like you are using a string of characters indicating the desired file, it feels more like a directory that way, even if it always really is that way, just showcased differently in the gui.

        brain doing brainy things, strings/lines vs pictures/labels

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      6 months ago

      To move a folder (gui), you just do it. To move a directory (cli) you have to implicitly say you want the contents too.