On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:22:05 UTC, Peter
wrote:

I have a problem with the use of directory, referring to the file
structure on a computer. You see a directory is a list of things with
further attributes, i.e. a phone directory, or a office personal
directory etc. In computer speak a directory should refer to the list
of users/systems/etc in the organization/domain/etc... Microsoft have
there Active Directory and there's the equlivents in other OS's such as
LDAP.

What connection does a directory really have with a hiarchical filing
structure??

A directory is a thing you look in to find out the address or number of
something. A directory is merely part of a filing system structure, and
it's what the filing system consults to find out where a file is.

--
Bob Eager
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