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A directory is a logical section of a file system used to hold files. Directories may also contain other directories. The cd command can be used to change into a subdirectory, move back into the parent directory, move all the way back to the root directory or move to any given directory.
Most file systems include attributes of files and directories that control the ability of users to read, change, navigate, and execute the contents of the file system. In some cases, menu options or functions may be made visible or hidden depending on a user's permission level; this kind of user interface is referred to as permission-driven.
Windows NT \Device: Microsoft: The \Device directory is a part of Windows NT object namespace. Windows NT Win32 Subsystem \\.\ Microsoft: The \\.\ prefix makes supporting APIs access the Win32 device namespace instead of the Win32 file namespace. The Win32 device names are symbolic links to device names under Windows NT \Device directory.
Under Windows Explorer, the content of a directory can also be hidden just by appending a pre-defined CLSID [12] to the end of the folder name. The directory is still visible, but its content becomes one of the Windows Special Folders. [13] However, the real content of this directory can still be seen using the CLI command dir.
Remove a directory (delete a directory); by default the directories must be empty of files for the command to succeed. The command is available in MS-DOS versions 2 and later. [1] The deltree command in some versions of MS-DOS and all versions of Windows 9x removes non-empty directories.
Junction points are NTFS reparse points and operate similarly to symbolic links in Unix or Linux, but are only defined for directories, and may only be absolute paths on local filesystems (as opposed to remote filesystems being accessed).
A home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system. The specifics of the home directory (such as its name and location) are defined by the operating system involved; for example, Linux / BSD systems use /home/ username or /usr/home/ username and Windows systems since Windows Vista use \Users\ username .
Run-time variable data. This directory contains system information data describing the system since it was booted. [11] In FHS 3.0, /var/run is replaced by /run; a system should either continue to provide a /var/run directory or provide a symbolic link from /var/run to /run for backwards compatibility. [12] /var/spool