File System - Directory

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About

A directory serve to group related files, and act then as a namespace for the files within them.

A directory is just a file with the directory type

  • without content
  • that may have children

Management

Temporary

Windows: %TEMP% is the same than %LocalAppData%/Temp. It is used for user-specific items that should not roam with the user, either because they only pertain to that particular machine, or because they are too large.

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Home

What is the Home Directory known also as the user directory ?

Working Directory

What is the working or current directory ?

Location

As a directory is a node in the file system tree as a file. They have the same location management. See file location




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