MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

UNIX

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The absolute path always start at which directory?
A
current directory
B
root directory
C
home directory
D
Default partition
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Traces the path from the /(root) directory. Absolute path names always begin with the slash (/) symbol.

Detailed explanation-2: -An absolute path is defined as the specifying the location of a file or directory from the root directory(/). In other words we can say absolute path is a complete path from start of actual filesystem from / directory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Relative path It starts at your current directory and never starts with a / .

Detailed explanation-4: -An absolute path is the full path to a file or directory. It is relative to the root directory ( / ). Note that it is a best practice to use absolute paths when you use file paths inside of scripts. For example, the absolute path to the ls command is: /usr/bin/ls .

Detailed explanation-5: -The file path in Linux A forward slash (/) designates the root directory, which is where an absolute path always begins. On the other hand, a relative route begins in the current directory. In the file system, the root directory is the one with the highest level.

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