Unix Paths (Directories)

• A path is like a directory in windows.  But, Unix is a command-line oriented operating system, so you perform directory operations graphically.
• If you really like your graphical browser, you can also perform most path directives with a good FTP client.  As a matter of fact, that's all you will need in class.  Some day, you will be stuck with a telnet session, but without a good FTP client, so I will give an overview of the commands here as well.
• Demo of FTP
• You are automatically logged in to your home directory.
• Your HTML files are under .www.  Note the '.' that preceeds www: that means that the directory is hidden.  You may need to choose "Show hidden files" on your FTP program.  In SSH, that can be found in the View menu.
• Perl scripts are under the cgi-bin directory, under .www
• relative path: Specifiy the path or file in relation to the current directory.  Example: .www/home.html
• absolute path: Specify the path or file from the root "/" directory.  Example: /usr/users/students/cba/jonesbr/.www/home.html
• Similar to URLs, but the URL often references a specific directory as a starting point.  Also, URLs start with a protocol, like http://
• For DOS users, note that the slash is "/", not "\".