While today’s Unix systems primarily store configuration files and system start-up files in /etc, the focus in those early days seems to have been on the characterization of these files as being ...

The first thing this particular script does is request that the user select the file system that he is concerned about. We do this with a select statement. However, to ensure that we are looking ...

Copy log files to another system if you need to recover disk space to get the system back to an operational state. Then you can examine them later to help figure out what caused the problems you ...

The /etc/inittab file controls what happens whenever a Unix system is rebooted or forced to change run levels. Let's take a look at the configuration lines that tell your system what it's supposed ...

Printers, hard drives, and CD-ROMs (peripherals) are considered files Has three different user types: Service Account, Root, and Regular Root users are superusers and have administrative privileges ...

For some software developers and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), there are differing ideas about where to install one's applications and software packages. Some prefer to install in /usr/bin/ or ...

Id: 007990 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3 Description. Addresses manipulating and maintaining files within the UNIX file system; creating and editing text files using the vi and ed editors; using pipes ...

The macOS file system stores files within folders, also known as directories. The top, uppermost folder is known as the root directory.