Re: [LUG] Directories

[Steve Marvell <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 09:26:58AM +0000, Richard Brown wrote:

> I am having problems with what is probably a very simple command.... How
> do I go up in a directory tree. I can CD to another directory but I
> can't get back up one! I have tried HELP and HELP HELP etc... but still
> don't know what to do!

cd ..

Each directory contains two special directories, '.' is "here" and
'..' is "back up one".

So, for instance:

a/b/c
a/b/d
a/e/f

If you were in c:

cd ../.. would take you to a
cd .. would take you to b
cd ../c would do nothing useful
cd ../d would take you to d
cd ../../e would tkae you to e
cd ../../e/f would tkae you to f

Steve

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