Discuss briefly about the directory representation in unix.



Discuss briefly about the directory representation in unix...

Answer / Madan Pal Singh

In Unix, directories are represented as special files with certain permissions that allow reading and writing of file names. They are organized in a hierarchical structure starting from the root directory (/).

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