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To: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>
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Subject: Re: Patch: 2.5.62 devfs shrink
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"Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com> writes:
> For example, should the directory names be singular or plural
> (/dev/loop or /dev/loops, /dev/disk or /dev/disks)?  I would recommend
> signular because it is less English-centric.

I think singular is also far more common in existing [unix] practice.

-Miles
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