Re: Why complicated directory structure in Linux

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:23:23 -0500, John Hasler <john@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Chris F Clark writes:
The fact is that the single hardest thing about finding how to do
something on a computer system is learning what the peole who wrote the
system call the thing you wish to do.

'man man' and you will learn about the 'apropos' command. 'apropos "file
system"' and you will learn about the 'hier' man page.

Don't forget the quotes or you'll get >900 hits. If you already know to
search for "file system", then you probably also already know about that
hier man page.

The man pages really aren't any good for getting such information. A web
search site like google is far more effective. For example:
http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+file+locations

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