Top "Directory" questions

A directory or folder is a virtual container within a digital file system, in which groups of computer files and other directories can be kept and organized.

What does "opt" mean (as in the "opt" directory)? Is it an abbreviation?

What does "opt" mean (as in the "opt" directory)? I commonly see this directory in Unix systems with development tools …

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cd into directory without having permission

When cding into one of my directories called openfire the following error is returned: bash: cd: openfire: Permission denied Is …

linux unix permissions directory
Creating a new directory in C

I want to write a program that checks for the existence of a directory; if that directory does not exist …

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Get Application Directory

Does someone know how do I get the path of my application directory? (e.g. /data/data/my.app.lication/) …

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How do you get a directory listing sorted by creation date in python?

What is the best way to get a list of all files in a directory, sorted by date [created | modified], …

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Calculating a directory's size using Python?

Before I re-invent this particular wheel, has anybody got a nice routine for calculating the size of a directory using …

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Save current directory in variable using Bash?

What I'm trying to do is find the current working directory and save it into a variable, so that I …

bash variables directory
Find directory name with wildcard or similar to "like"

I am using the following command to find a directory name. find / -type d -name "ora10" My problem is, I …

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how to list all sub directories in a directory

I'm working on a project and I need to list all sub directories in a directory for example how could …

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Get all directories within directory nodejs

I was hoping this would be a simple thing, but I cannot find anything out there to do so. I …

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