What does the "etc" folder in the root directory stand for? I think knowing this will help me remember where certain files are located. Update: Might be useful for others, the folder is …

I am reading about basic shell scripting from Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible. It says that the /etc/profile file sets the environment variables at startup of the Bash shell. The /etc/

6 /usr/local/etc is rarely used in the Linux world. But the decision whether to store configuration files in /etc, /usr/local/etc or some other location is generally made at compile time (and often …

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Pasted below this question is a sample of a /etc/hosts file from a Linux (CentOS) and a Windows machine. The Linux file has two tabbed entries after the IP address (that is localhost.localdomain

what factors should be considered when choosing among 7zip, xz, gzip, tar, etc. for compressing and archiving files?

Apr 17, 2015 · What is the practical usage of /etc/networks file? As I understand, one can give names to networks in this file. For example: root@fw-test:~# cat /etc/networks default 0.0.0.0 …

Thanks. Are the files in /etc/cron.d and /etc/crontab independent of each other, and read by crond independently and separately? Or does /etc/crontab ever include the files in /etc/cron.d?

26 I'm on Ubuntu 14.04. I pasted something incorrect (from a tutorial) into my /etc/fstab file. As a result, the root file system will not mount when the machine boots up. I know what needs to be …

I used the lib /etc/init.d/functions in my script. It is working well on my system, but it not working for my client; he is getting the error: No such file or directory /etc/init.d/functions Right now I don't …