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Subject:Re: term for "writeable" directory From:Martin Soderstrom <mrs -at- KLG -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 4 May 1999 14:33:42 -0400
The term is fine, but the correct spelling "writable".
Cheers,
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marianne Bowen <mbowen -at- IMCI -dot- NET>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: term for "writeable" directory
>> >
>> > What term do you use when you want to distinguish a "writeable"
>> directory
>> > on
>> > a server from one that is "read only"? The term "write only" seems
>> > incorrect, and the term "writeable" is flagged by my spell checker...
>>
> One directory has read only access, the other directory has
>read/write access. Then you can have a directory with read/write/execute
>access.
>
> marianne
>
>
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