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by SeppoErviala 4894 days ago
Maybe she hadn't used fsn ever but could tell from the file system structure that it was in fact a UNIX system. Then she concluded that she need to find the correct file - which is how UNIX does things.

I did find the scene ridiculous at the time but it was because I didn't know UNIX or fsn. Now I find it very plausible.