Using: order allow,deny question

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Whats the differance between :

<Files ~ "^.*$">
order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from env=ban
</Files>

and :

order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from env=ban

for as far iknow its that with <Files ~ "^.*$"> you block from all directories, and without only the directory the htaccess file is in?

can youexplain please.
also iwant few links to good sites were i canlearn all about what you can do with a htaccess file.

as i only know half of it ..
i know anithotlinkcode and how to stopbad useragents
but thats all and ther eis so mushmore you can do in the htaccess file and using mod rewerite ect ....