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/: Root

/ by itself is the root or the top, the beginning of the file system. ``super user" is usually the only user allowed to write to that directory. Each directory contains files (and directories) related to one group of subjects.

Some of those directories are discussed below. For more information on any of them, please see [3, pp. 17-48].



Claude Cantin 2010-10-24