Where is the OS directory?

[jnpandya]

In windows we have "Windows" as the operating system folder, where is that in Linux? If it's not a single directory, then which are the important folders?

[GNUrag]

The GNU/Linux Operating system does not use a single folder as a dump ground Here is a list of various directories and their contents...
/boot : the linux kernel and boot loader configuration files
/usr : Program files
/etc : Configuration files
/var : Mail, print web spool files
/tmp : temp directory
/home : Home directories of various users
/dev : Device files corresponding to various peripherals of your comp. (hard disk, printer, mouse, modem)
/mnt : Devices mounted onto OS to increase storage space
/lost+found : Orphan files are moved here
/root : Root's home directory
/proc : Process information pseudo filesystem.
/bin : various console utilities and apps
/sbin : system administration utilities
/lib : Shared Library files for your operating system.

Apart from these, you also have a swap partition that stores data swapped by the linux kernel.


As you can see, /etc is roughly equivalent to your windows registry. /usr can be called as Program Files directory... /boot & /lib can be called as \Windows\System32 directory. Contents of /mnt can be thought of as various drives in windows.

[sUlPhUr|nE`]

phew...neat reply. Learnt 50% of linux here

[cooljeba]

me 2
Thanks GNUrag
..:: peace ::..
Jeba

[jnpandya]

Thanks a lot GNUrag!

Actually yours was the fastest answer I have ever got on this forum! Check out the time of the both the posts. When I saw the it first, it was not this much elaborate though it was good enough to understand the structure of the OS. Then I think you might have updated it.

Could not respond as quickly as you due to down internet link. But any way, thanks again for the details.

[GNUrag]

Originally Posted by jnpandya

When I saw the it first, it was not this much elaborate though it was good enough to understand the structure of the OS. Then I think you might have updated it.

Yeah... i'd written only answer for what u asked... but later i added info for other directories...

Do you want to know more about Linux filesystems and its associated directories??? I'll add more...

[lywyre]

gr8 m8

[lywyre]

Originally Posted by GNUrag

The GNU/Linux Operating system does not use a single folder as a dump ground Here is a list of various directories and their contents...
/boot : the linux kernel and boot loader configuration files
/usr : Program files
/etc : Configuration files
/var : Mail, print web spool files
/tmp : temp directory
/home : Home directories of various users
/dev : Device files corresponding to various peripherals of your comp. (hard disk, printer, mouse, modem)
/mnt : Devices mounted onto OS to increase storage space
/lost+found : Orphan files are moved here
/root : Root's home directory
/proc : Process information pseudo filesystem.
/bin : various console utilities and apps
/sbin : system administration utilities
/lib : Shared Library files for your operating system.

Apart from these, you also have a swap partition that stores data swapped by the linux kernel.


As you can see, /etc is roughly equivalent to your windows registry. /usr can be called as Program Files directory... /boot & /lib can be called as \Windows\System32 directory. Contents of /mnt can be thought of as various drives in windows.

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gr8 m8


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[lavan_joy]

great post man.thanks for the information