2-Filesystem Introduction - *****WARNING***** - Unlike deleting files in the Finder, there is no Trash can in the Terminal. Once something is deleted, it is gone! There is no Undo! Be warned… - When you access the filesystem thru the Terminal, it is the same filesystem as the one you access thru the Finder - Same file structures - Folders (called directories) are separated by a / - / is the Root Partition, the System Drive - everything is considered to be contained within /, even if they actually aren't - A Mount Point is used to link to another drive or partition - In the old days, you had to manually mount the drives manually, using the "mount" command - OS X now uses Automount - All Mount points are in the /Volumes directory - they also show up on the Desktop and in the Finder sidebar - ~ is UNIX shorthand for your homefolder - ~ = /Users/username - ~ = /Users/bart - App Settings kept in ~/Library - . = link to the current folder - .. = link to Enclosing Folder - If current directory is /Users/Bart, then .. points to /Users - All Directories Contain .. except / - since there isn't anything above / - - Bart Busschots - bartb.ie - impodcast.tv - podfeet.com