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Unit 6: File Management

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Figure 6.2: Double Clicking Process

At the “top” level of the directory structure are the drives, differentiated by letters:
A:\ is your floppy disk drive
C:\ is your hard disk
D:\ is your Zip, CD, or DVD drive

J:\ is your Home Directory (your blue.unix.Virginia.edu account). This drive only appears when
you have logged in to your Home Directory.

Go to “View” at the top of the window to change the way files and folders are displayed within
the window. There are four ways to view files and folders:

Large icons
Small icons
List: Choose this when you want to work with several files or folders at a time.

Details: This is a good mode to work in when you want to see when the file was created, its
size, and other important information.

• The toolbar has several buttons that enable you to work with files and folders:

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