IT 244: Introduction to Linux/Unix
Answers to Class 8 Ungraded Quiz

  1. What is a startup file?
    a text file containing Unix commands that are run just before the shell gives you a prompt
  2. Where are startup files located?
    in your home directory
  3. If you entered the following at the command line, where would you be?
    cd ~
    your home directory
  4. If you entered the following at the command line, where would you be?
    cd ~ghoffman
    in the home directory of ghoffman
  5. What does the . (dot) in your current directory mean?
    your current directory
  6. What does the .. (dot dot) in your current directory mean?
    the parent directory of your current directory
  7. What is a path?
    the list of directories you must go through to get from one directory to another
  8. What directory is the starting point for an absolute path?
    the root directory
  9. What directory is the starting point for a relative path?
    the current directory
  10. What character is used to separate directory and filenames in a path?
    /