Another name for what is now called a 'folder'.
Also called the access mode of a file or directory.
1. The most straightforward way to create a create a subdirectory in the current directory is mkdir name where name is the name of the new directory. 2. Another way is to move a directory and its descendants from somewhere else: mv path name where path is an absolute or relative pathname for an existing directory hierarchy, and name is the directory name it will be given in the current directory. 3. Various utilities for unpacking archives may create directories as they execute; for example cpio, tar, unzip etc.
A subdirectory.
The easiest way is to use the 'cp' command. Put the name of all the files in the 'cp' command line and use another directory as the target; all the files will be copied to the new directory. Note: you may need to use the -r (recursive) copy option if you have subdirectories in the source directory.
Assuming the directory is in your Home directory use: rmdir directory-name This will fail if there are files within the directory. In this case, use rm -r directory-name.
mkdir [name of directory you wat to make] [second directory] [third directory] [fourth directory]
Current directory/Sub-directory **************************************** The current directory is simply the directory a user is currently in - for instance: when in the Home directory, or the Music directory, and so on. A sub directory is another directory inside a main directory - for instance: in the Music Directory - Jazz, Elkie Brooks, Classical, are examples of three sub directories.
The /, or root directory.
Active Directory
C: is the main directory.In computing, a directory, catalog, folderor drawer is an entity in a file system, which contains a group of files and/or other directories. A typical file system may contain thousands (or even hundreds of thousands) of directories. Files are kept organized by storing related files in the same directory. A directory contained inside another directory is called a subdirectory of that directory. Together, the directories form a hierarchy, or tree structure.
An article directory is a website containing a number of articles written on different subjects. To create an article directory, one would need to have a registered domain name and hosting service. There are a number of software programs that one can use to help set up their website. An example of one such program is Article Directory Script. WordPress is another popular choice for setting up an article directory.