Can somebody please explain to me what
'ROOT LEVEL' means when talking about the hierarchy of files.....?
thanks!
'ROOT LEVEL' means when talking about the hierarchy of files.....?
thanks!
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ROOT LEVEL of a system....?
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The first level of the heirachial tree of that mounted volume. The equivalent in Windows would be C:\
In Unix this is typically /
Can you compare the Root Level to the analagy of
a plant where you can see the top of the plant and
if you go deeper you dig into sub folders...?
Is it like the Iceberg analogy ?
a plant where you can see the top of the plant and
if you go deeper you dig into sub folders...?
Is it like the Iceberg analogy ?
Root is usually on Macintosh HD. The System folder is located at the root level. The proper name for the System folder is /System. The forward slash (/) is the root level.
Open a terminal at the $ prompt, for e.x.:
$ ls -l /Volumes/
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1 Dec 4 08:29 your_hd -> /
For system folder either:
$ ls -l /Volumes/your_hd/System/
or since '/' is sym-linked in your Volumes folder:
$ ls -l /System/
You can also do just 'ls', the '-l' option gives you long format. MacOS is a flavor of Unix (Darwin i.r.c.) underneath the hood. If you are new to Unix/Linux command line interface checkout :
http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html
Or google something on the order of: 'unix or linux command line tutorial'
the root of your hard drive can be found by clicking your hard drive in the finder sidebar
to get to the system folder do the above then click system