B. What’s What and What’s Where

As you’re using Unix or Linux, you’ll undoubtedly encounter files that look important or directories that look interesting, but it’s often hard to know what files belong to which programs and even harder to figure out what some directories are for. Therefore, we’re trying to help out a little with the information in this appendix.

Table B.1 lists important Unix and Linux files and directories.

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TABLE B.1 Key Files in Your Unix or Linux Environment

Table B.2 lists the contents of common Unix and Linux directories. ...

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