Getting Started with Linux

The / is the directory is the root file, and the root file is the root home folder.

The etc directory has the configuration files for almost everything.

Relative and Absolute Pathing

• Absolute Pathing: An absolute path provides the complete location of a file or directory from the root directory. It starts from the root / and specifies every directory in the path to the target file. For example, /home/user/docs/file.txt is an absolute path.

• Relative Pathing: A relative path describes the location of a file or directory based on the current working directory. It does not start from the root but instead navigates from the current directory using . (current directory) and .. (parent directory). For example, if you're in /home/user/, the relative path to docs/file.txt is simply docs/file.txt or ./docs/file.txt.