Directories

[shopbicc]

Hello to all. I am new to all this hosting stuff and I have a question. I saw that there is a directory on my site that is the public_html directory. I know that is where my web site files go. At least that is where I have put all my site folders and my site is working. What I have the question about is that I saw another directory called “www”. In that directory, I saw that it has the same files in it that the public_html directory has. Is this “www” directory necessary, or is it some kind of backup, or did I some how get it put in by mistake? As I said I am new at this and I was wondering if I could delete the “www” directory to save some space?
Thanks to all in advanced
Phil

[felgall]

The www is a shortcut to public_html. There is only one actual directory, it just has two ways of being referenced. So If you were to delete the www reference you would save about half a dozen bytes of space at most and would reduce the number of ways that people can access your web site.

It is no different from accessing the programs on your computer from the shortcuts in your start menu rather than having to navigate to the folder where the actual program is located. Deleting the menu entries will only save a small amount of space and make running the programs much more difficult.

[shopbicc]

Stephen, thank you for a quick responce.
Phil