Re: Root directory

["James Dore" <james dore development oxford ac uk>]

Slight technical tongue-twister:

/ means root as in location, as in top of the filesystem, or root of
the [directory] tree.

the USER root (who, like any other user, has a home diertory called
'root') is a.k.a superuser.

So there are in fact TWO root direcories: One being / being the top of
the filesystem, and the other being /root - the superuser's (or user
root's) home directory.

Clear as mud.

James


> I'm somewhat confused about the root directory.? While probing around, I
> found that when I execute:
>
> ???????? [root localhost/root]#? ls
>
> I see the contents of? the?? /root???? directory.
>
> Then when I execute
>
> ??????? [root localhost /] #? ls
>
> ????? a different listing appears.
>
> According to a web page that describes a typical directory tree at:
>
> ?????
> http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/usail/external/install-guide/node103.html#1935
>
> ? /?? is called the "root directory"? .
>
> ?So ---what kind of directory is??? /root???? and where does it fit in?
> the directory tree?
>
>
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James Dore
Systems Administrator,
Development Office,
Oxford University