Important Locations
Many times I see people asking that, in MS Windows we have specific files in specific locations .. what about gnu/linux? so here is a small list of impotant directories and their contents :
/boot : the linux kernel and boot loader configuration files
/usr : Program files
/etc : Configuration files
/var : Mail, print web spool files
/tmp : temp directory
/home : Home directories of various users
/dev : Device files corresponding to various peripherals of your comp. (hard disk, printer, mouse, modem)
/mnt : Devices mounted onto OS to increase storage space
/lost+found : Orphan files are moved here
/root : Root’s home directory
/proc : Process information pseudo filesystem.
/bin : various console utilities and apps
/sbin : system administration utilities
/lib : Shared Library files for your operating system.
Apart from these, there is a swap partition that stores data swapped by the linux kernel.
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