Good morning
Mi Jul 03 08:05:13 2013
Thank You for help.
> > | Is root where the program files are?
> >
> > Root is where you start.
>
> The meaning of root in Linux can be somewhat confusing as it may refer
> to the root user's home directory /root, or more commonly the root of
> the filesystem / Whoever initially designed these features must have
> been asleep at the keyboard when this snafu escaped them. Context
> usually sorts any potential confusion out though.
>
> "Root is where you start."
>
> I'm not sure what that means. Where you start (your origin) is your
> current working directory, which you can find with the pwd (print
> working directory) command. Although echo $PWD works too.
echo $PWD
/home/myid
This does mean:
The terminal is pointing in my home directory
but not pointing in my root directory?
> > Of you look at your $PATH variable by going:
> >
> > echo $PATH
> >
> > you will see a list of directories, separated by colons.
> > Program files like in those directories.
> >
> > Normally there will be a "bin" directory in your own home directory,
> > eg "/home/name/bin", at the start of your $PATH. This lets you write
> > your own commands and have somewhere to put them.
>
> I don't know what distribution you run but having a home bin directory
> in a user's path by default is definitely not normal.
This is mine:
/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games
This is Xubuntu 13.04.
> cd with no arguments will take you to your home directory too.
*
Thank You.
Regards
Sophie
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