A Quick Introduction to Unix/exercises3

Task One
{What is the directory indicated by .. - The current directory - The home directory + The directory above the current directory
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{What is a path? - A way to traverse a tree + A route through a UNIX file system - A garden feature
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 * This is true in computer science and mathematics in general, but in UNIX it has a more specific meaning.
 * In UNIX all permanent storage is integrated into a single, hierarchical file structure starting at root.

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.

Task Three
Create a directory called tempstuff using mkdir. Copy science.txt to tempstuff. Remove the directory tempstuff. What happens? Can you explain why?