Find system files and place files in the right location

Question 1

What two directories are static and shareable?

Answer 1

/usr and /opt

Question 2

What two directories are static and unshareable?

Answer 2

/etc and /boot

Question 3

What two directories are variable and shareable?

Answer 3

/var/mail and /home

Question 4

What two directories are variable and unshareable?

Answer 4

/var/run and /var/lock

Question 5

What directory contains the binaries for commands?

Answer 5

/bin

Question 6

What directory contains files normally run by root?

Answer 6

/sbin

Question 7

What is the difference between / and /root?

Answer 7

/ start of file heirarchy /root - root’s home dir

Question 8

What directory is traditionally used by removeable media devices?

Answer 8

/mnt

Question 9

What directory in modern distributions is used by removeable media devices?

Answer 9

/media

Question 10

What directory functions a large collection of hardware interfaces?

Answer 10

/dev

Question 11

What find switch searches on filename?

Answer 11

-name

Question 12

What find switch searches on permission mode?

Answer 12

-perm

Question 13

What find switch searches on file size?

Answer 13

-size

Question 14

What find switch searches on group?

Answer 14

-gid

Question 15

What find switch searches on user id?

Answer 15

-uid

Question 16

What find switch restricts search depth?

Answer 16

-maxdepth

Question 17

What command is based a database search and filenames and is fast?

Answer 17

locate

Question 18

What command is quick way to find program executables and man pages?

Answer 18

whereis

Question 19

What search command only uses your defined paths?

Answer 19

which