CS 3377 Dollinger UNIX Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers

CS 3377 Dollinger UNIX Exam 1
Questions With Correct Answers

What's an absolute path name? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An absolute
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path name is relative to the root directory and can be used/referenced
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from any working directory. Absolute path names start with a slash.
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ex)
{cslinux1:~} ls /home/013/v/vp/vpn200000/two
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What's a relative path name? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A relative path
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name is relative to the working directory and can only be
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used/referenced from that working directory.
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ex)
{cslinux1:~} cd two | |




What are three different ways to return to the home directory? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cd |




cd ~|




cd $home
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, What is the arrangement of directories and files in the UNIX file system?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The heirarchy starts with the /root, which
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branches off into /usr and /home directories. The /usr directory then
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branches off into the /local and /bin directories. Within the home
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directory are any files you create.
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(i think this is all u need to kno)
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What is the directory you're in when you first login? (what's the default
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directory?) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-/home/{username}
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ex)
/home/013/v/vp/vpn200000


What does .. do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-.. represents the parent
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directory. If you use it with cd, you can go back one directory.
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ex)
{cslinux1:~} cd temp | |




{cslinux1:~/temp} cd .. | |




{cslinux1:~}