I have noticed that essentially all the files in /usr/bin are stand-alone executables, rather than a directory containing the executable plus other files that the executable might need (such as configuration files, data files, etc.)
I’m trying to locate where some files are stored and I can easily browse to them via ssh by going to “cd ~/foldername”, however, I have no idea what directory “~/” actually is.
I want to install a program in Linux and run it as a daemon. (Team Speak 3 in this case, but the question is general in nature). There is no package provided, only tarred binaries.
What is the difference between /dev,
/media and /mnt? Following is what I
have found from internet but I still
have little idea:
$ ls -l /dev/stdin /dev/fd/0 lrwx—— 1 tim tim 64 2011-08-07 09:53 /dev/fd/0 -> /dev/pts/2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 2011-08-06 08:14 /dev/stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0 $ ls -l /dev/pts/2 /proc/self/fd/0 crw–w—- 1 tim tty 136, 2 2011-08-07 09:54 /dev/pts/2 lrwx—— 1 tim tim 64 2011-08-07 09:54 /proc/self/fd/0 -> /dev/pts/2 What differences and relations are between … Read more
For any OS that uses systemd to manage processes and follows the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard by the Linux Foundation
I am relatively new to Linux and I apologise if this is a silly question. I read the Linux FS Hierarchy document but it didn’t answer my question. I would like to know if there is a typical drive mounting scheme for general-use internal HDDs in Linux. I ask because I have two HDDs that … Read more