Where Is Everything

Syllabus

Where Is Everything Notes

Filesystem Hierarchy

• root filesystem
• home/
• root/
• boot/
• etc/
  • lib/
    • modules
• 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