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Old December 29th 17, 04:44 AM posted to comp.sys.mac.apps,alt.windows7.general,comp.sys.mac.system
Alan Baker
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Default Can a Macintosh person tell us how to change the name of a file?

On 2017-12-25 7:23 PM, Wolf K wrote:
On 2017-12-25 15:31, Lewis wrote:
[...]
A pathname is not needed to specify a file is not the same thing *at
all* as "a filename is enough to specify a file".


Since you do not provide your definitionof "pathnanme", I must work from
context.

You assert (1) a pathname is not required; and (2) that a filename alone
is enough to specify a file. The only meaning of "pathname" that makes
both those statements true is "a list of one or more folders, the last
of which contains the file." AFAIK, that is the meaning most users of it
intend.


Where did he assert (2). Quote and reference, please.


If that meaning is not what you have in mind, the two statement don't
make sense together, since (2) is usedÂ* in relation to (1), hence
"pathname" is part of the context required to make sense of (2).

I speculate that you have two completely different, mutually independent
thingamabobs in mind. Care to tell us what they are? You can use
"industry standard" terminology if you like, but only if you first
describe those entities, so we know which term applies to which.


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