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  1. What is the difference between a directory and a folder?

    Jul 16, 2021 · 31 Directory is a file system concept. In a GUI the directory is represented as a Folder. Example 1: Unix systems, /usr/bin is usually referred to as a directory path when …

  2. directory - What are ./ and ../ directories? - Unix & Linux Stack …

    Every directory on a Unix system (and probably every other system too) contains at least two directory entries. These are . (current directory) and .. (parent directory).

  3. windows - What are "." and ".." in a directory? - Super User

    Based on the question: How to make using command prompt less painful, what are the . and .. entries in the most voted answer? I see it when I do a dir command but it isn't visible to the …

  4. Find the current directory and file's directory [duplicate]

    How do I determine: the current directory (where I was in the shell when I ran the Python script), and where the Python file I am executing is?

  5. linux - What is "~/" directory? - Super User

    If you try to opendir the string literal "~/" in C, you'll find it doesn't exist. It is a Bash/Csh shorthand notation that is expanded by the shell to the home directory. It does not exist as such on the …

  6. git - What's the difference between working directory and local ...

    Working directory is the directory with your source files under git control (in the root of all dirs under control .git file is present). Git is tracking the difference between your working directory …

  7. How do I check if a directory exists in Python? - Stack Overflow

    A word of warning - the highest rated answer might be susceptible to race conditions. You might want to perform os.stat instead, to see if the directory both exists and is a directory at the …

  8. How to access `/.ssh` directory in windows? - Stack Overflow

    Jun 28, 2022 · In my case, ssh-keygen generated the keys inside the current directory, not into the path it claimed to generate them in. I was also following these instructions and was quite …

  9. What does "/" , "./", "../" represent while giving path?

    Jun 16, 2010 · What does "/" , "./", "../" represent while giving path?Let's be precise: "/"is a path which begins with a /, and thus it is an absolute path. Thus, we need to begin in the root of the …

  10. How to go to the previous working directory in terminal?

    In terminal, how can I define a key to go to the previous directory which I was in when changing directory with the cd command? For example, I'm in /opt/soft/bin and I cd into /etc/squid3 and I …