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Comprehensive Directory Listing Flashcards

1
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/

A

Root

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2
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/bin

A

Binaries and other executable programs

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3
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/etc

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System configuration files

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4
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/home

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Home Directories

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5
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/opt

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Optional or third party software

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6
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/tmp

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Temporary space, typically cleared on reboot

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7
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/usr

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User related programs

Also contains sub directories

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8
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/var

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Variable data, most notably log files

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9
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/boot

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Files needed to boot the operating system

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10
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/cdrom

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Mount point for CD-ROMs

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11
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/cgroup

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Control Groups Hierarchy

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12
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/dev

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Device files, typically controlled by the operating system and the system administrators

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13
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/export

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Share file systems

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14
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/lib

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System Libraries

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15
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/lib64

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System Libraries, 64 bit

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16
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/lost+found

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Used by the file system to store recovered files after a file system check has been performed.

17
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/media

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Used to mount removable media like CD-ROMs

18
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/mnt

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Used to mount external file systems

19
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/proc

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Provides info about running processes

20
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/root

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The home directory for the root account

21
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/sbin

A

System administration binaries

22
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/selinux

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Used to display information about SELinux

23
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/srv

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Contains data which is server by the system

24
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/srv/www

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Web service files

25
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/srv/ftp

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FTP files

26
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/sys

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Used to display and sometimes configure the devices known to the Linux kernel

27
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/tmp

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Temporary space, typically cleared on reboot

28
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/usr/bin

A

Nested binaries and other executable programs

29
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/usr/lib

A

Nested Libraries

30
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/usr/local

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Locally installed software that is not part of the base operating system

31
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/usr/sbin

A

Nested system administration binaries

32
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/var/log

A

Nested log files

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