Filesystem and configuration

The Linux filesystem tree

See one directory tree rooted at slash instead of separate drive letters and connect devices through mount points.

8 minute lesson

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Every absolute path begins at /, the filesystem root. User home folders normally live under /home.

A separate disk still appears somewhere inside this tree after it is mounted. The mount point is an ordinary directory used as the entry to that filesystem.

Complete the Shell Commands Course first if absolute paths, relative paths, and .. are new to you.

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