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<table cellpadding="5"><tr><th style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;">Directory Pathname</th><th style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;">Purpose</th></tr><tr><td>'''/'''</td><td>Root directory (ancestor to all directories)</td></tr><tr><td>'''/home'''</td><td>Used to store users’ home directories
</td></tr><tr><td>'''/home/username'''</td><td>A Particular User's Home Directory</td></tr><tr><td>'''/bin'''</td><td>Common system binaries (commands) </td></tr><tr><td>'''/usr/bin'''</td><td>Common utilities (commands) for users. </td></tr><tr><td>'''/usr/sbin'''</td><td>Common utilities for system administration </td></tr><tr><td>'''/etc'''</td><td>System administration files (eg. passwd) </td></tr><tr><td>'''/var'''</td><td>Dynamic files (log and mail files)
</td></tr><tr><td>'''/tmp'''</td><td>x</td><tr><tr><td>''', /var/tmp'''</td><td>Temporary files for programs<td>x</td></tr><tr><td>'''/dev'''</td><td>xDevice driver files (terminals, printers, etc.)</td></tr></table><br>
=INVESTIGATION 1: MANAGING DIRECTORIES=