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Meanings of working directory in English

Russian
рабочий каталог

The currently used hierarchical file system directory associated with a running process in an operating system.

рабочий каталог
Usage of working directory in English
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The basename of the current working directory
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If your working directory is empty, ls produces no output, because there are no files to list.
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Example: typing '%cd mydir' (without the quotes) changes your working directory to 'mydir', if it exists.
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Set up the working directory.
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The current working directory
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Try typing ls to verify that there's indeed a file called profile in your working directory, alongside the new mysubdirectory.
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Or choose a manual add option, which allows for choosing particulars such as a different icon or a specific working directory.
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Here is an example in which the user Michelle is working on a computer called MyMac and her working directory is Documents.
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Short for "print working directory," this command will report the absolute path of your current working location in the file system:
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Meaning the "Change Working Directory" command (cd) worked properly.
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