- windows - What are . and . . in a directory? - Super User
The is the current directory, while signifies the parent directory It makes things quicker at the command line as well so you don't need to type out full paths example: go up 2 directories: cd \ \ or on a UNIX based system, to run executable binaries in the current directory: program A lot of UNIX scripts will also utilize to represent the current directory, in order to scan for
- What is the difference between path and directory?
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 to reach a filesystem object (and this object can be a file, a directory, a special file, ) Example: you have (probably, depending on your system) a file where system messages are logged
- What does , . , . . represent while giving path?
The path meanings: is the root of the current drive; is the current directory; is the parent of the current directory
- How to rename the User folder in Windows 10? - Super User
The first login could take quite a while, but everything should now work fine again and the path of the user directory should now be changed! If everything works fine, you can now delete the original folder (the folder named jerem, using the example of the question) INFO: I am working on a German system
- A complete list of %% relative paths variables in Windows Explorer in . . .
Note that if you click on windows > "Modify environment variables for your account", you can find variables with same name that have not the same values has the one produced by this answer
- Find out which process is locking a file or folder in Windows
Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out To find out what process is using a specific file follow these steps: Go to Find, Find Handle or DLL or simply press Ctrl + F Enter the name of the file and press Search Process Explorer will list all processes that have a handle to the file open
- How do I find the location of an executable in Windows?
The current directory All of the directories in the PATH variable So, any command that you can run directly from a command prompt without specifying the directory, will be found by the WHERE command (Because any command like that is already in the PATH variable list ) If you want to search only in the command path variable, you can use:
- How do I zip unzip on the unix command line?
For the record, use unzip -d myfolder squash zip to extract into a separate new directory (myfolder) instead of putting all the files directly into the current directory, which can be annoying if the zip file contains many files and directories in its top level This mimics how most UI unzip tools work
|