A Quick Introduction to Unix/exercises3

Task One {What is the directory indicated by .. |type="()"} - The current directory - The home directory + The directory above the current directory {What is a path? |type="()"} - A way to traverse a tree ||This is true in computer science and mathematics in general, but in UNIX it has a more specific meaning. + A route through a UNIX file system ||In UNIX all permanent storage is integrated into a single, hierarchical file structure starting at root. - A garden feature Task Two Move to the directory ~/unixstuff. Create a backup of your science.txt file by copying it to a file called science.bak and moving it to the archive directory you created above. What commands do you need to use to achieve this task? % cd ~/unixstuff % cp science.txt science.bak % mv science.bak archive Task Three Create a directory called tempstuff using mkdir. Copy science.txt to tempstuff. Remove the directory tempstuff. What happens? Can you explain why?