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Exploring the File System

 

  The file system is the collection of files and the hierarchy of directories on your system. I promised before to escort you around the filesystem and the time has come.

You have the skills and the knowledge to make sense out of what I'm saying, and you have a roadmap. (Refer to Figure 3.2.8 on page gif).

First, change to the root directory ( cd /), and do an ls -F. You'll probably see these directoriesgif: bin, dev, etc, home, install, lib, mnt, proc, root, tmp, user, usr, and var.

Let's take a look at each of these directories.

 



Ross Biro
Tue May 23 13:39:28 PDT 1995