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===Pathname Types===
As previously mentioned, a pathname is a '''pathname is a fully-specified location of a unique filename ''' within a file system. The concept of a pathname relates to every operating system including: Unix, Linux, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, Apple-Macintosh, etc.
Last week, we used a pathname from our home directory to create and manipulate directories and text files. There are different types of pathnames that we can use to access a directory or text file.