A directory is a holding place for multiple files and sub-directories. Are you asking about a specific directory?
ls will list the contents of a directory.
Web Directories are used as a directory on the International Web. A Web Directory is a directory that specializes in linking to other websites and grouping those links.
Tree directory structure
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.
A recent directory is the folder (or drive) that was accessed/used most recently.
ls -lR directory
You can find a directory at: http://www.automotive.com/used-cars/11/porsche/boxster/index.html
cd dirReplace "dir" with the name of your directory.
The system call opendir() is used in C programming to open a directory stream associated with the given directory name. It returns a pointer to the directory stream which can be used to read successive entries from the directory. This function is commonly used when working with directories in Unix-based operating systems.
A commonly used **protocol to access information stored in a directory** is **LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)**. What is LDAP? LDAP is an **application protocol** used to access and maintain **distributed directory information services** over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It is used for **querying and modifying items** in directory services like **Active Directory**, *OpenLDAP*, and others. Example Use Cases: User authentication in networks Accessing email address directories Managing organizational hierarchies or permissions
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) often used in Unix and Linux environments, Active Directory is based on LDAP.
the commandrmdir will not remove a directory if it is not empty in UNIX. The correct way to remove a directory and all its contents recursively is with the rmcommand.