PPT Slide
File Naming
- Note how current working directory obeys the locality model we saw in the memory chapters -- file objects that are used by a program tend to hang around together.
- The hierarchical file system can allow for variations (Figure 16.7); but it can be dangerous (16.7-c).
- UNIX (shells and web servers, actually) uses the ~ character in a path name to indicate the home directory of a particular user (~jtbauer == /home/cs46/jtbauer or where ever my home may be).