I'll add a bit about '.' 

The key points are stolen from the old version and I thought I hit them all!


On Oct 22, 2013, at 5:53 PM, r-gaia-cs <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In lessons/swc-shell/shell-overview.ipynb:
> 
> > +     "source": [
> > +      "## Key Points\n",
> > +      "\n",
> > +      "-   The file system is responsible for managing information on disk.\n",
> > +      "-   Information is stored in files, which are stored in directories\n",
> > +      "    (folders).\n",
> > +      "-   Directories can also store other directories, which forms a\n",
> > +      "    directory tree.\n",
> > +      "-   `/` on its own is the root directory of the whole filesystem.\n",
> > +      "-   A relative path specifies a location starting from the current\n",
> > +      "    location.\n",
> > +      "-   An absolute path specifies a location from the root of the\n",
> > +      "    filesystem.\n",
> > +      "-   Directory names in a path are separated with '/' on Unix, but '\\\\'\n",
> > +      "    on Windows.\n",
> > +      "-   '..' means \"the directory above the current one\"; '.' on its own\n",
> I didn't found any mention to . in the lesson.
> 
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