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The home directory is the location that you will be logged into and use when saving files and other activities. It also contains a number of files that are used by the login process and the process has to be able to go to some known location to find them.
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How are directory paths indicated in Linux?
The root directory is /. The home directory is /home/user.
What is the default directory for the user's home directory?
The default home directory is /home/user (where "user" is the username), sometimes shortened to "~".
What is the shortcut to the login directory in linux?
"cd" with no directory takes you to your home (login) directory. In a path, ~ (tilde) means your home directory, ~usr means the home directory of user usr. For example, "cp ~/foo ~john" copies file foo from your home directory to john's.
What is the difference between the root directory your home directory and your working directory?
The root directory is the top level directory of the entire file system. Every branch starts from there. The current working directory is where you happen to be in the tree at the moment. If the root is always "/" and my process is in the directory /usr/local/bin/test/data, then the root directory is still "/" and my working directory is currently /usr/local/bin/test/data
What is the main file directory in Linux?
It is the Home Directory.
How do you make your home directory the working directory?
Use the 'cd' command without any target; that always puts you in the home directory which becomes by default the working directory.
What is the name of the home directory?
/home Or, a user's home directory will usually be /home/<username>. For example, say your user name is jsmith: /home/jsmith
What is the role of ESE in active directory?
The role of ESE in an active directory is to store and retrieve data through indexed and sequential access.Its the data storage technology from Microsoft.
What Linux commands make your home directory the working directory?
the command 'cd ~' will get you there .
What is the role of active directory?
help to manage resources of organization
How do you change from your home directory in Linux to q2-jan14 directory?
cd /q2-jan14
What do you mean by sub directory and current 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.
