root
is the beginning or the top point of the Unix File System under which directories important to a Unix OS resides. It is different from a root user of the system.
- Each directory contains set of files and programs which are required for the proper functioning of the OS.
- Out of all the directories,
/home/
and /opt/
are two important directories for this eYRC Theme.
/opt/
is the directory or folder where the packages or software which you are going to install using package manager (apt-get
in Ubuntu) is going to reside.
/home/
is the folder where all your personal files including project files is going to reside.
/bin/
is the folder where most common Linux commands resides. Commands like ls
, chmod
etc.
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