GAQM Exam LCP-001 Topic 2 Question 36 Discussion

Actual exam question for GAQM's LCP-001 exam

Question #: 36
Topic #: 2

Bob accidentally created the subdirectory \bobsdir in his home directory. He tried to remove the subdirectory with the command rmdir \bobsfile only to receive the error, "No such file or directory." Which command will remove the directory?

Armdir 'bob/\bobsdir'

Brmdir 'bob/\bobsdir'

Crmdir ~bob/ 'bobsdir'

Drmdir bob/\bobsdir

Ermdir ~bob/\\bobsdir

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Suggested Answer: D

The answer should be ''Match a literal + symbol'' because there is a backslash symbol before the plus, so it should match a literal +.

by Helga at Sep 16, 2022, 08:59 AM

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Dante

I bet Bob's fingers slipped when he was trying to type the command. These things happen, but we've all been there, right?

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Berry

3 days ago

Wait, did Bob really create a directory called '\\bobsdir'? That's a strange name, even for a Unix admin.

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Jestine

12 days ago

Hmm, the error message says 'No such file or directory', so it's clear the directory name is not correct. Let me think this through.

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Crista

20 days ago

I'm not sure, but I think it's important to remember that the backslash is needed before special characters like spaces or slashes in Unix commands.

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Yoko

21 days ago

I agree with Georgiana, because the backslash is used to escape special characters in Unix commands.

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Georgiana

25 days ago

I think the answer is D) rmdir bob/\\bobsdir.

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