As you saw earlier, the Unix filesystem organizes its files and directories in an inverted tree structure with the root directory at the top. An absolute pathname tells you the path of directories you must travel to get from the root to ...
The parent directory of the tree is known as the root directory and is written as a forward slash ( / ) . The root contains several directories . Figure 3-1 shows the top of an imaginary UNIX filesystem tree — the root directory and ...
bin , etc , users , tmp , and usr are some of the subdirectories ( child directories ) of root . These are fairly standard directories and usually contain specific kinds of system files . For instance , bin contains many UNIX commands .
A handy book for someone just starting with Unix or Linux, and an ideal primer for Mac and PC users of the Internet who need to know a little about Unix on the systems they visit.
Learning the Unix Operating System: Student Workbook
If you are new to Unix, this concise book will tell you just what you need to get started and no more.
Learning the UNIX Operating System