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layout: page
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category-page: fs
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category-title: FileSystem
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tags: absolute relative path
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author: Marwan Announ
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title: Absolute paths
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---
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<p>
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A path is a location to a folder or file in a file system of a Operating System,
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then is a combination of characters and "/".<br>
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An absolute path is defined as specifying the location of a file or directory
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from the root directory (/).In other words we can say absolute path is a complete
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path from start of actual filesystem from / directory.<br><br>
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<h3>To write an absolute path-name:</h3>
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Start at the root directory ( / ) and work down.<br>
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Write a slash ( / ) after every directory name (last one is optional).<br>
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If for example, we the commands "cat group1.txt", it'll work only and only if the "group1.txt"
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exist in the current directory.<br>
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If doesn't works, it's not a problem, you just have to know where the file is actually stored.<br>
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Now, we suppose that you know where your file is saved so you can rewrite the command.
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"cat /home/a1/group1.txt".<br>
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As you can see from the last commands, the path started from "/" which is the root directory
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for every Unix machines.<br>
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Here are some other examples of absolute paths:
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<ul>
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<li>/home/user/Document/group1.txt</li>
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<li>/root/data/dev.zip</li>
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<li>/var/log/messages</li>
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</ul>
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