Root directory
In the data-processing filesystems, the root directory (also called repertory root ) is the first repertory in the hierarchy. It can be comparable with the trunk of a tree, i.e. the starting point of all the branches.
To take again the analogy with the real-world, in a cupboard with sorters (or screening machine), the drawers are represented like more the high level of the sub-directories of the filesystem, and the part can be regarded as being the root directory. The root directory can contain other repertories but it cannot be the contents, at least in this filesystem.
Note: in the popular operating systems like Microsoft Windows and Unix, it is possible to place files in the root directory.
Under Unix, the root directory is noted /. All the entries, including the assembled partitions, are placed in a hierarchical way, like a tree, compared to the partition root. However, under DOS and Windows, each partition (or reader) has a root directory ( C:\ for the principal partition by defect under Windows).
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