Sunday, May 24, 2009

What is the difference between home directory and working directory?

Home directory is the default working directory when a user logs in. On the other hand, working directory is the user’s current directory. Working directory can be changed. It can be changed using cd command.

Home directory in Linux contains user’s personal data, configuration files, settings of a software etc. The content of home directory is private and the user has a complete control of it.

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