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Absolute Pathnames
====Absolute Pathnames====
<table align="right"><tr><td>[[Image:directory-structure-3.png|thumb|right|250px|Directories in red display the FULL path from the '''root''' directory to the '''bin''' directory (i.e. the absolute pathname: '''/bin'''.]]</td><td>[[Image:directory-structure-3.png|thumb|right|250px|Directories in red display the FULL path from the '''root''' directory to the '''examples''' directory (i.e. the absolute pathname: '''/home/userid/uli101/examples'''.]]</td></tr></table>
An '''absolute pathname''' is a path to the file or directory always '''beginning from the root directory'''.<br>The root directory is at the top of the file system and is denoted by the forward slash symbol: '''/'''
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