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Old 02-08-2013
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~/assign1b/assign1/york/>
your current directory is york
how do you go back to your home directory with using relative pathname?
not using cd alone?
Smilie

Last edited by blackendstars; 02-09-2013 at 12:17 AM..
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Old 02-09-2013
In every directory you'll find a directory called . and one called .. . You can see them when you issue the command ls -a. The first one is the current directory and the second is the parent directory ( unless you are in the root directory ).
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Old 02-09-2013
Here's another tip that may apply for this:

Using "cd -" will bring you back to whatever directory you were in before your current directory.

Hope that helps Smilie
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Old 02-09-2013
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Mod Comment First off, please use descriptive thread titles. "Please.... help" is not descriptive at all. As a general rule: whatever you can leave out in a title without changing its factual meaning - leave out.

Second: it might be only me, but

Code:
~/assign1b/assign1/york/>

along with the nature of the question makes my homework-o-meter spike out at "max". For homework there is a special forum and it is not allowed here.

I close this thread. If you want to have it opened again ask any moderator/administrator (including me) along with an explanation why this is not homework/coursework.


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