Linux in Depth

Table of Contents

7. File Tree Organization
Shareable/Unshareable, Static/Variable Data
The root Directory: /
/usr: The Big One
/var: Modifiable Data During Use
/etc: Configuration Files
8. File Systems and Mount Points
Principles
Partitioning a Hard Disk, Formatting a Partition
The mount and umount Commands
The /etc/fstab File
A Note About The Supermount Feature
9. The Linux File System
Comparison of a Few Filesystems
Different Usable Filesystems
Differences Between the Filesystems
And Performance Wise?
Everything is a File
The Different File Types
Inodes
Links
Anonymous Pipes and Named Pipes
Special Files: Character Mode and Block Mode Files
Symbolic Links, Limitation of Hard Links
File Attributes
10. The /proc Filesystem
Information About Processes
Information on The Hardware
The /proc/sys Sub-Directory
11. The Start-Up Files: init sysv
In the Beginning Was init
Runlevels