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). In the case of the root directory, …

Jul 16, 2021 · Check "The folder metaphor" section at Wikipedia. It states: There is a difference between a directory, which is a file system concept, and the graphical user interface metaphor that is used to …

Apr 13, 2022 · │ │ ├─ anthony/ In this case, the user tommy owns his own directory under /home, but (for some reason) rents out space to other users, in this case mary and anthony. If mary, by mistake, …

Jul 8, 2017 · The "cd" command changes the directory, but not what drive you are working with. So when you go "cd d:\temp", you are changing the D drive's directory to temp, but staying in the C drive.

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 user in th...

Feb 20, 2015 · I tried to obtain the size of a directory (containing directories and sub directories) by using the ls command with option l. It seems to work for files (ls -l file name), but if I try to get the s...

Sep 25, 2025 · In bash all I know is that rmdir directoryname will remove the directory but only if it's empty. Is there a way to force remove subdirectories?

What is the simplest way to forcefully delete a directory and all its subdirectories in PowerShell? I am using PowerShell V2 in Windows 7. I have learned from several sources that the most obvious

May 22, 2014 · A directory is a "folder", a place where you can put files or other directories (and special files, devices, symlinks...). It is a container for filesystem objects. A path is a string that specify how …

Jul 9, 2010 · How can I list all files of a directory in Python and add them to a list?