File System in Linux
Well it’s a good thing to know about file & folder system in Linux. Like in windows, Program Files are stored is “Program Files” and System components in “windows” folder , same way it is assigned in Linux too .
So here it starts
“/” :- this is root of all the file system. All things [ including hardware ] comes under it.
“/boot” :- As the name indicates it contains boot [ grub ] files.
“/dev” :- Contains device files [ as I said in earlier post that hardware are in file form ]
“/home” :- This is home directory for general users . this contains their Desktop directory [ under “/home/username/Desktop” ] or Document folders and their configuration files.
“/bin” :- Essential Binaries are stored in this. It contains executables of general Root as well as General users .
“/lib” Essential shared libraries and Kernel Modules
“/sbin” :- This contains system binaries which is being used by root users.
“/media” :- All removable medias are mounted under this folder .
“/etc” :- It contains all the configuration files used by OS or by programs .
“/mnt”:- Temporary file systems mounted, etc floppy, CDrom, DvdRoms.
“/tmp” :- Temporary Directory.
“/var” :- Contain data files which are variable or continuous changing .
“/usr” :- Contains information used by system
“/root” :- Home directory of root user
“/proc” :- Contains system information stored in memory mirrored as files.
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May 5th, 2008 at 5:23 am
This was one i was looking for.
I just installed Ubuntu and needed to learn from the basics and this has helped me a lot.
Which is the folder in linux equivalent to “Application Data” in Windows? And how can we access it?
May 5th, 2008 at 5:24 am
(Please note:
“/bin” :- Essential Binaries are stored in this. It contains executables of general as well as general users .)
Feels like a typo: “General as well as general”.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Thanks Aravind and Extreemly Sorry for this error . Will try to avoid error from next posts. And AFAIK application Data in windows is same like dotfiles[Hidden files/folder have starting with .]situated in home directory of user act as Application Data .
May 6th, 2008 at 1:54 am
@Aravind for application data its your home directory, ie, /home/ or ~/
To view hidden files, type ls – a in console or just selelct show hidden files in nautilus
May 6th, 2008 at 2:48 am
Thank You for the help.