I cannot find the local codePool in magento [duplicate]

Question

I am using magento 1.9 in ubuntu and the code folder does not consist of local .

The Mage.php consist of Mage.php -

/**
 * Set include path
 */
$paths = array();
$paths[] = BP . DS . 'app' . DS . 'code' . DS . 'local';
$paths[] = BP . DS . 'app' . DS . 'code' . DS . 'community';
$paths[] = BP . DS . 'app' . DS . 'code' . DS . 'core';
$paths[] = BP . DS . 'lib';

but after the command : cd /var/www/html/magento/app/code/ : ls it only shows --> : community core

I am stuck in step one http://www.codexpedia.com/magento/create-read-update-and-delete-with-magento-database/ Please Help

Answer 1

By default magento doesn't have local codepool. This need to be created if we are doing some project level customization by using custom module.

For extensions also its not recommended to use local codepool instead extension developer should use community codepool only

Some more important information:

$paths = array();
$paths[] = BP . DS . 'app' . DS . 'code' . DS . 'local';
$paths[] = BP . DS . 'app' . DS . 'code' . DS . 'community';
$paths[] = BP . DS . 'app' . DS . 'code' . DS . 'core';
$paths[] = BP . DS . 'lib';

Above code says to Magento:

"Look for any specific file in local first, then look inside community then look inside core then last look inside lib"

Because of this only we can override core files just by putting in local code pool using the same path.