David Mamanakis wrote:
Because I have limited exposure to Unix/Linux I would like to ask a question about the directory structure of Linux... When I installed, I used the "auto setup" thing, and let it have at it... Now I have all kinds of directories like "\" and "\root" and "\usr"...
More likely "/" "/root" and "/usr" -- better get accustomed to regular slashes for separating directories. BTW, the reason why Windows uses the backslash "\" to separate directories is because back in the DOS days the "/" character was used for command switches. *nix uses "-" for this purpose.
"/" is the root; everything else is underneath this -- programs, data files, devices, everything.
"/root" is just the root user's home directory. It is handled separately than the user home directories (usually under "/home") because there are cases where root needs to do things when the /home hierarchy isn't available. Some machines -- like the one I'm using now -- don't even have any user directories under /home. In my case, /home is nfs mounted from a FreeBSD machine.
What I would like to know, and feel free to mail me directly, or point me to a web resource, but I would like to know the windows equivelent of the linux directories... C:\ = ??? in linux system C:\Windows = ??? in linux C:\Program Files = ??? in linux etc... or better yet, run it backwards... \ = ??? in windows system \root = ??? in windows \usr = ??? in windows
This would help me navigate and get comfortable with the new system...
This may be helpful to you:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html
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-John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx)
