Re: Configurable files and functions

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (02/03/07 10:37), Raquel wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:33:11 -0600
> "Dave Walker" <carol.dave.walker@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am looking for an explanatory list of configuration files used
> > in sarge 3.1. The information I am looking for would give the
> > location (path), function (what the system uses it for), and
> > whether the file can be successfully changed by editing.
> > 
> > Does such a list exist?
> > 
> > I have in mind such files as .bashrc and .bash_profile and I am
> > sure there are many others that I will encounter.
> > 
> > Is it time for me to buy a reference book containing this info? If
> > so, which one? I do plan to upgrade to Etch as soon as it is the
> > stable release, so if a book is available for sarge, would it be
> > useful for etch?
> 
> I'm not sure that such a list exists or could even exist.  The
> configuration files depend upon which packages you have installed so
> it would be a different list for each machine.

Some config files will sit in your home dir:

$ ls -al 


otherwise system wide config files are in /etc/

Try

$ ls -l /etc | grep conf

for a start.

Regards

Clive

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