Re: Equivalent utilities?
- From: trryhend@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 12 Jan 2007 11:10:42 -0800
Poma wrote:
Hi all,
Still in the learning phase. Coming from a Windows background, somehow tend
to ask rather silly questions here but I guess better to ask and be silly
for sometime than to not ask at all and remain silly rest of life.
My query here is what is the Linux equivalent of the Disk Cleanup and Disk
Defragmenter utility which we find in Windows at Start>
Programs>Accessories>System Tools.
I read somewhere that the /tmp folder automatically deleted older, unwanted
files. How does it determine the files are unwanted. Is there anyway to
clean up these files after I'm through with my usage? How can this be done
in GUI or CLI.
TIA,
Rgds, Poms
These things are done FOR you on a modern Linux system - disk
fragmentation and cleanup chores are just not something we need to
concern ourselves with.
If you are looking for something interesting to do, read some
documentation, do some investigation, learn some of the cool stuff
about your new OS. The Linux Operating System, has a vast multitude of
online resources available for you to learn from. Like man files:
man [somecommand]
Or:
Read some of the files in /usr/doc/Linux-FAQs/ or /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs
or /usr/doc/Linux-mini-HOWTOs etc. These files are well worth reading
whenever you're not quite sure how to proceed with something. They
cover an amazing range of topics, more often than not in a surprisingly
detailed manner. Good stuff!
e.g.
less /usr/doc/Linux-FAQs/Linux-FAQ/Linux-FAQ
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