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Users and the filesystem How Ubuntu handles files Paths Mounting File & folder names Case sensitivity Folder ↔ Directory

Important filesystem locations /home

cont. Location / bin / boot / dev / etc / home / lib / media / proc / root / sbin / tmp / usr / var

Details Essential software, typically needed to get the system running Files related to the boot menu/ loader Virtual files representing hardware devices System(global) configuration files Users’ personal folders Support (library) files required by software Contains subfolders where storage devices can be mounted Virtual folder containing files representing stats and settings Personal folder of the root user Essential software for system maintenance, usually used only By the root user Temporary files/ folders Essentially, subdirectories containing most software used on The system, including system libraries and documentation Data that is vital to the running of the system and that is Constantly being updated

cont. Hidden files and folders .

File extensions

cont. Understanding users Root user File permissions chmod

cont. Nautilus:An overview Places → Home Folder

cont. Day-to-day file management Links and launchers Bookmarks Tabbed browsing Table 4-2 Searching for files Special browsing locations File Associations

cont. File compression ZIP Tape ARchive .tar .tar.gz, tgz .tar.bz2, tbz .zip

Hands-on at the command-line All about the shell command-line bashed about bash – the Bourne Again SHell Korn Shell(ksh), C Shell(csh)

To DOS or not to DOS

cont. Understanding the prompt Starting a command-line session desktop terminal program(terminal emulator) virtual console(virtual terminal)

Knowing who you are prompt

Knowing where you’re browsing pwd

cont. How commands works Arguments Command options

cont. Complex filenames space “”, \

Relative and absolute paths Running programs echo $PATH ./browser

cont. Useful everyday commands Table 5-1