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  1. What is the difference between a directory and a folder?

    Jul 16, 2021 · Check "The folder metaphor" section at Wikipedia. It states: There is a difference between a directory, which is a file system concept, and the graphical user interface metaphor that is used to …

  2. windows - What are "." and ".." in a directory? - Super User

    The . is the current directory, while .. signifies the parent directory. It makes things quicker at the command line as well so you don't need to type out full paths. example: go up 2 directories: cd ..\..\ …

  3. I cannot add the parent directory to *safe.directory* in Git

    Apr 13, 2022 · │ │ ├─ anthony/ In this case, the user tommy owns his own directory under /home, but (for some reason) rents out space to other users, in this case mary and anthony. If mary, by mistake, …

  4. How do I remove a directory and all its contents?

    Sep 25, 2025 · In bash all I know is that rmdir directoryname will remove the directory but only if it's empty. Is there a way to force remove subdirectories?

  5. How do I check if a directory exists in Python? - Stack Overflow

    A word of warning - the highest rated answer might be susceptible to race conditions. You might want to perform os.stat instead, to see if the directory both exists and is a directory at the same moment.

  6. How do I get the full path of the current file's directory?

    Path() is the current working directory, not the directory of the script. This only "works" in the few cases where the script actually is in the current working directory.

  7. Download using wget to a different directory than current directory

    The directory prefix is the directory where all other files and subdirectories will be saved to, i.e. the top of the retrieval tree. The default is ‘.’ (the current directory).

  8. Command prompt won't change directory to another drive

    10 If you want to change from current working directory to another directory then in the command prompt you need to type the name of the drive you need to change to, followed by : symbol. …

  9. how to change directory using Windows command line

    Jul 8, 2017 · The "cd" command changes the directory, but not what drive you are working with. So when you go "cd d:\temp", you are changing the D drive's directory to temp, but staying in the C drive.

  10. Location of WSL $Home directory (in Windows) - Super User

    Jun 25, 2023 · Then just drill down into your home directory. Usually though, in windows, if you open up your file explorer, just scroll down to "Network", from there you can also see your WSL folder.