{"id":35812,"date":"2023-06-01T09:44:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=35812"},"modified":"2023-06-01T09:44:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:44:26","slug":"linux-tutorials-linux-file-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/linux-tutorials-linux-file-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Tutorials: Linux File Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\/: The root directory where it all begins. Every other directory is a subdirectory of this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb: Contains fundamental binary files, necessary for minimal system functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb: Similar to \/bin, but contains binaries essential for system bootup and repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf0: Holds system-wide configuration files. It’s the go-to place for system administrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2: A personal space for users. Think of it as your work desk, containing your documents, downloads, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff: Stores variable data files such as logs, emails, print queues, and most notably databases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddff: Holds user-related programs, libraries, and files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddef: Contains shared library files supporting the binaries in \/bin and \/sbin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude01: Optional or add-on software packages are located here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfd: A place for temporary files used by the system, cleared upon reboot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude01: All the files necessary for booting the system are here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude03: Contains device files for all hardware devices on the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf0: An interesting directory that doesn’t contain files but system and process information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude01: This is the home directory for the root user, not to be confused with the root (\/) directory at the top of the filesystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb: This directory hosts temporary files (like \/tmp) but these are specifically related to running processes and are created at an early stage of the boot process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude03: This directory contains data for services provided by the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude06\ud835\ude00: Similar to \/proc, this is a virtual filesystem providing a unified interface through which the kernel provides information about devices, drivers, and some kernel features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01: This is a generic mount point under which you mount filesystems or devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\/\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddee: This directory is generally used by the system as a mount point for removable media like CDs, digital cameras, or other media devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\/: The root directory where it all begins. Every other directory is a subdirectory of this one. \/\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb: Contains fundamental binary files, necessary for minimal system functioning. \/\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddef\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb: Similar to \/bin, but contains binaries essential for system bootup and repair. \/\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf0: Holds system-wide configuration files. It’s the go-to place for system administrators. \/\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2: A personal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35815,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35812\/revisions\/35815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}