Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Mike Barnes
wrote:

Tim Streater wrote:
I have a file on
the desktop, I open it in Notepad and Notepad++

I then rename it. Notepad seems entirely unaware of this. Meanwhile, at
least Notepad++ thinks that the original file "no longer exists". Well
in fact it does, it just has another name.

This is more interesting. One could equally argue that the original file
does not exist, but another file with the same content but a different
name does exist. Both statements could be considered true, depending on
how you think of things. You clearly think differently from Notepad++,
but that doesn't make Notepad++ wrong.

Why would I do the sequence above other than because I decided that the
file's name was no linger appropriate.

I think you missed my point, which was about one's perception of the
filesystem rather than about the computer trying to assess your motives.

But if you really want a "why", I might want to make a backup copy of
the original before saving my changes. Renaming is quicker than copying
and although the difference is probably insignificant for a text file on
a fast storage medium, it might not be for a huge video file on a
camera's internal memory card. There's often more than one way of
looking at things and it's unwise to assume that your way is the One
True Way.

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Mike Barnes
Cheshire, England