PPT Slide
File Naming
- Tree example: Figure 16.6. Note presence of an alias used to connect children of different parents. In UNIX this is done with the ln command, which has two types of links: hard and soft (aka symbolic). In Win this is called a shortcut; Macintoshes call it an alias.
- Absolute path name: full path from the root of the file system tree (UNIX: / prefix; DOS/Win: \ prefix). Note that for DOS/Win the drive letters represent roots of separate trees.
- Current (working) directory: allows use of relative path names by use of an absolute prefix. Displayed via pwd command in UNIX and CD in DOS/Win.