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Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen;Ossama Othman
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/home/janeq.
This is the home directory of user ``janeq.'' Reading left to
right, to get to this directory you start in the root directory,
enter directory home, and then enter directory janeq.

/etc/X11/XF86Config.
This is the configuration file for the X Window system. It resides
in the X11 subdirectory of the /etc directory. /etc is in turn a
subdirectory of the root directory, /.

Things to note:

* Filenames are case-sensitive. That is, MYFILE and MyFile are different
files.
* The root directory is referred to as simply /. Don't confuse this
``root'' with the root user, the user on your system with ``super
powers.''
* Every directory has a name, which can contain any letters or symbols
except /. The root directory is an exception; its name is /
(pronounced ``slash'' or ``the root directory''), and it cannot be
renamed.
* While you can use almost any letters or symbols in a filename, in
practice it's a bad idea. It is better to avoid characters that often
have special meanings on the command line, including: { } ( ) [ ] ' `
" \/ > < | ; ! # & ^ * %
* Also avoid putting spaces in filenames. If you want to separate words
in a name, good choices are the period, hyphen, and underscore. You
could also capitalize each word, LikeThis.
* Each file or directory is designated by a fully-qualified filename,
absolute filename, or path, giving the sequence of directories which
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