Why is the GNU/Linux filesystem referred to as hierarchical

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Why is the GNU/Linux filesystem referred to as hierarchical

Last Updated on Friday, 01 April 2011 18:24

Question:

Why is the GNU/Linux filesystem referred to as hierarchical?

Answer:

GNU/LINUX system does not have so-called drives with assigned letters as it can be seen in MS Windows environment. Instead hard drive can by mounted ( connected ) to any directory within an entire file system. On the top of the file system hierarchy structure is a root directory represented by "/" which expands to sub-directories forming hierarchical tree.

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