On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 04:47:13PM -0800, schmity wrote: > Ok, newbie here so go easy on me. > > In general, what type of files would I expect to find in the /etc > directory? How would I have known to look in the /etc directory for > the hosts file? /etc GENERALLY contains system-wide configuration files. /bin contains system binaries /sbin contains super-user binaries /usr contains user installed packages /etc system wide configs /var highly variable files that persist over reboot /tmp highly variable files that do not persist over reboot /home home that's how I think about it, though there IS a specific hierarchy to the file system that most distros generally adhere to. where you'd find that I don't know, but there are several online tutorials for linux newbs that you might check out. A
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