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DIRECTORIES
Directories are list of files and their
attributes. File attributes include location,
date of last modification, size, etc... and
whether the entry is a directory or a file. This
circular possibility, directories contain lists
of files which may in turn be directories, makes
them "tree structured". The "outermost"
directory is called the root. Innermost
branches are "leaves" and are always files.
Nodes in between are called "branches" or sub-
directories.
The files produced by INDEX and used by
LOCATE are associated with the node from which
INDEX is run. INDEX also scans all the
directories contained within the home directory
and all of the directories within directories,
etc... LOCATE returns a path name sufficient to
reach any file from the home directory. If this
notion is not clear it is best to create some
directories and sub-directories, experiment with
index, and draw maps of the trees.