Unix File System Names Demystified
By Sandra Henry-Stocker, ITworld.com
One of the questions that Unix users are sometimes reluctant to ask is how all the directory names -- like /etc, /var and /usr/local -- came about in the first place. Why did we adopt the particular names we use today instead of names that might make more sense to the casual user? What do these file system and directory names tell us about the intended content? ...Continue reading 'Unix File System Names Demystified'
One of the questions that Unix users are sometimes reluctant to ask is how all the directory names -- like /etc, /var and /usr/local -- came about in the first place. Why did we adopt the particular names we use today instead of names that might make more sense to the casual user? What do these file system and directory names tell us about the intended content? ...Continue reading 'Unix File System Names Demystified'
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