From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from layka.disroot.org (layka.disroot.org [178.21.23.139]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA3512114 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:10:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=178.21.23.139 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1710663059; cv=none; b=puLwPaXLDZvexlsT8CqRocQd+fueY5yA3+az5CzWStJhr8oJVKdmAkv/9BSOnbQ/57ynKk+pZdEwkRAM0nLJs2399CtJK1fGmjPgwiCVFgoffeA1M+lSaK16JrhKKlNB98eUCjageX+hUodjANokbaFpL/w5WbKYxxClsa0zeJw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1710663059; c=relaxed/simple; bh=lYN1Wbp4GVEtVy+g14Y0WG1Kba4WzKDtGzbmsxKM644=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=jLoBo4chAYdrMKcLEWMrKacoeWbffEkFNtf0pw7Xrh7cUpPceBYADbvgm5vf1foyfdy3dCl7RAzR8M+i6IIWvlrK0GzCcgRrB9DaKhCrUiVc+4rWfg0xoPF9WipJZkdpJ5npFYKvUkpZj95iHWcEEqp4+Me4iaZpdAHHWLgowEM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=disroot.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=disroot.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=disroot.org header.i=@disroot.org header.b=IptU4r1e; arc=none smtp.client-ip=178.21.23.139 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=disroot.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=disroot.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=disroot.org header.i=@disroot.org header.b="IptU4r1e" Received: from mail01.disroot.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disroot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ABE241ABE; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 09:10:55 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: SPAM Filter at disroot.org Received: from layka.disroot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (disroot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ZOnptqtw0Unb; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 09:10:54 +0100 (CET) From: Jeremy Baxter DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=disroot.org; s=mail; t=1710663054; bh=lYN1Wbp4GVEtVy+g14Y0WG1Kba4WzKDtGzbmsxKM644=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=IptU4r1enc7ihwdmtv1oM0tTYRX22MRGC7tNMh2NmM6KfJKkSqL1ZHzAC5hRF9oVf 8YOjB4ABsuadVQjl5EIJp2CN/edanP/NkmO+aIB2Gnactil+Qm7ZmDWZDbSkT+lmpM LChzDEJ4e5kkbdnalvm2qnnzFiSQWtemkcIfvP6x4htRFanmg3TcQhF6B83nE7rV8C 5bC/rNNraFUwmBpV+WnIGbi+EvU6Aoy4ck7m0hG4x4VyOYxLXSHgTF01PaxwWtEe9k aT3ujZTcZWWHUwKx1L8u4vlkA+JX5q9cnprhBHJr1Z8CKUr+qhxQvL0gj6+f9F1XFQ ZGXcQSos8HjJQ== To: alx@kernel.org Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Jeremy Baxter Subject: [PATCH v2 3/6] intro.1: Explain the meaning of a directory Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:08:31 +1300 Message-ID: <20240317080850.28564-6-jtbx@disroot.org> In-Reply-To: <20240317080850.28564-3-jtbx@disroot.org> References: <20240317080850.28564-3-jtbx@disroot.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- man1/intro.1 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/man1/intro.1 b/man1/intro.1 index 090678750..f0a8d98e0 100644 --- a/man1/intro.1 +++ b/man1/intro.1 @@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ The command In this example, we use it to find Maja's telephone number. .SS Pathnames and the current directory Files live in a large tree, called the file hierarchy. +In this hierarchy, there are many +.IR directories ; +a directory is simply a file that can hold other files as opposed to text. Each file has a .I "pathname" describing the location of the file from the root of the tree -- 2.44.0