[PATCH v2 3/6] intro.1: Explain the meaning of a directory

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 man1/intro.1 | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man1/intro.1 b/man1/intro.1
index 090678750..f0a8d98e0 100644
--- a/man1/intro.1
+++ b/man1/intro.1
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ The command
 In this example, we use it to find Maja's telephone number.
 .SS Pathnames and the current directory
 Files live in a large tree, called the file hierarchy.
+In this hierarchy, there are many
+.IR directories ;
+a directory is simply a file that can hold other files as opposed to text.
 Each file has a
 .I "pathname"
 describing the location of the file from the root of the tree
-- 
2.44.0





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