teach me to fish
can someone point me in the direction of a list of important system files so i don't have to ask stupid questions like "what is that file with the bash profile?"
i'm sure it exists somewhere, a list with descriptions of files like modules.conf and inittab... if anyone knows of something like this i'd be quite interested. i'm still pretty new and i haven't found a single good linux instructional website yet hardly... maybe a few but the point is i'm past the basics now and i want to become and instant power user. |
I am pretty new aswell however I have found that there is alot of "important" files in /etc.
The best way to find things however is to read manuals and use the locate feature read 'man locate' |
I second what our Ozzie mate said :)
and also, I think the problem with such a list would be that it would be hard to maintain, considering that a) everybody finds different things important and b) Things change often between versions and distributions... Quote:
would be Code:
man bash of configuration files will have this FILES-section near the end of the man-page that will give you a brief overview of location and meaning of the file. Code:
FILES Cheers, Tink |
Masters Degree
When I was in the same position as bandofmercy I got an enormous boost in my understanding of Linux by reading the book:
Running Linux, Fourth Edition, published by O'Reilly |
Don't forget the famous
http://www.google.com/linux The most cryptic log entry or filename normally has at least one page somewhere explaining what it means. |
As rising_son said most important config files are in /etc and sometimes they have man pages for more information. You can try 'man fstab' and 'man modules.conf' etc...
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If it weren't for the ldp I wouldn't be running Linux today.
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