NewsForge: CLI for Noobies: man for hier
Nov 01, 2003, 02:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Joe Barr)
"This is the third in a series of articles on the Linux CLI for
Noobies. The last time the topic was files. This is more of the
same, except that we are stepping back a pace or two for a broader
look. We'll cover where certain types of files are typically kept
in Linux distributions. That's where using the man command for
'hier' comes into play: it covers the complete file system
hierarchy. We'll also spend a little bit of time on how to find or
locate that one particular file on your system that you need in
order to whatever. So let go of Mama Gui's hand, you wanna-be
dweebs, and follow me.
"Where things go on your system is important. Libraries, for
example, need to be where programs look for them to be. Programs,
too, or they won't execute when you tell them to. And believe it or
not, no matter how confusing you might think the Linux directory
structure might be, it is all laid out according to plan. What
plan, you ask? That's an easy question to answer..."
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