Linux Administration/Devices and Filesystems/File Locations

This lesson covers file locations.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the file locations portion of Linux+ certification include:

• Find system files and place files in the correct location
  • Understand the correct locations of files under the FHS
  • Find files and commands on a Linux system
  • Know the location and purpose of important file and directories as defined in the FHS
  • The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
    • find
    • locate
    • updatedb
    • whereis
    • which
    • type
    • /etc/updatedb.conf

Activities

1. Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: Find and place system files

References

← ZFS

Linux Administration/Devices and Filesystems