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Syllabus
Filesystem Hierarchy
- root filesystem
- home/
- root/
- boot/
- etc/
- lib/
- modules
- lib/
- dev/
- mnt/
- floppy/
- cdrom/
- bin/
- sbin/
- usr/
- local/
- tmp/
- var/
- opt/
- proc/
Searching
- locate/updatedb
- find
- which/whereis
- cd , ~, ., .. (, -)
- $PATH
Help
- man
- help options
- help
- info
- apropos
- /usr/share/doc
- howtos
Software
- apt-cache search
- packages.debian.org
- freshmeat.net
- sourceforge.net
- other distros
Other
- dpkg -L/-S
- w/who/finger
- lsof
- lsmod
- lspci
- dmesg
Prerequisites
- ass
- adv. bulder
- build instructor
- core
Further reading
- filesystem hierarchy standard
- LSB 1.3/2.0 proposal
- linuxdoc.org (the linux documentation project, aka the howtos)
- debian howtos
- the man pages
Time Estimates
- 1 hour 45 minutes
- hierarchy: 45 minutes
- searching: 20 minutes
- help: 15 minutes
- software: 15 minutes
- other: 15 minutes