lndir(1) - create a shadow directory of symbolic links to another {oss}

mkdir(1) - make directories {oss}

locate(1) - find filenames quickly {oss}

readlink(1) - display target of symbolic link on standard output {oss}

ls(1) - list directory contents {oss}

ln(1) - make links {oss}

rmdir(1) - remove directories {oss}

find(1) - walk a file hierarchy {oss}

whatis(1) - describe what a command is {oss}

whereis(1) - locate programs {oss}

which(1) - locate a program file (or files) in the path {oss}

mktemp(1) - make temporary file name {oss}

mtree(8) - map a directory hierarchy {oss}

Applications and Utilities

mkdir (2) - make a directory file {oss}

rmdir (2) - remove a directory file {oss}

chdir fchdir (2) - change current working directory {oss}

getcwd getwd (3) - get working directory pathname {oss}

opendir readdir telldir seekdir rewinddir closedir dirfd (3) - directory operations {oss}

scandir alphasort (3) - scan a directory {oss}

mktemp mkdtemp mkstemp (3) - make temporary file name (unique) {oss}

realpath (3) - returns the canonicalized absolute pathname {oss}

fts (3) - traverse a file hierarchy {oss}

chroot (2) - change root directory {oss}

getdirentries (2) - get directory entries in a filesystem independent format {oss}

Libraries and Functions

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