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Subject:Re: term for "writeable" directory From:Martyn Gilroy <martin -dot- gilroy -at- BT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 4 May 1999 15:36:08 +0100
Tricky one, but I have used (borrowing from floppy-disk terminology
slightly) "write-enabled" in the past.
cheers
martyn gilroy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ginger Moskowitz [SMTP:ginger -at- AATECH -dot- COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 3:09 PM
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> Subject: 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...
