Unix: Visual QuickStart Guide

Appendix B. What's What and What's Where

As you're using UNIX, 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 files and directories.

Table B.1. Key Files in Your UNIX Environment

File Name	Description
.forward	Includes address(es) to forward mail to or redirects mail to a vacation program or to procmail.
.newsrc	Includes records of read, unread, and subscribed newsgroups for use by news readers.
.procmailrc	Includes configuration information for procmail.
.signature	Contains ...