Ch.5 Managing Linux Files and directories

Question 1

Where does Linux store data?

Answer 1

On physical hard disks subdivided into partitions

Question 2

What controls how data is managed on a hard disk?

Answer 2

A filesystem

Question 3

A method of organizing objects based on some classification

Answer 3

A hierarchy

Question 4

Defines a suggested logical location of directories and files on linux and unix distributions

Answer 4

FHS Filesystem Hierarchy standard

Question 5

Name of the top-level directory

Answer 5

/ the root directory

Question 6

Contains user commands

Answer 6

/bin

Question 7

Contains files required to boot the system

Answer 7

/boot

Question 8

Contains special device driver files for hardware devices

Answer 8

/dev

Question 9

Contains global configuration files

Answer 9

/etc

Question 10

Contains system library files, also known as shared objects

Answer 10

/lib

Question 11

a point for temporarily mounted filesystems

Answer 11

/mnt

Question 12

a mount point for removable media such as usb

Answer 12

/media

Question 13

directory intended for installation of third-party applications

Answer 13

/opt

Question 14

Contains system binaries used by root for booting or repairing the kernel

Answer 14

/sbin

Question 16

Directory for temporary files and resides in memory

Answer 16

/tmp

Question 17

A suite of shareable, red-only UNIX system resources

Answer 17

/usr

Question 18

Contains files that vary in size, log files, email files

Answer 18

/var

Question 19

contains home directories for user accounts

Answer 19

/home

Question 20

The user root home directory

Answer 20

/root

Question 21

contains system info gathered from boot time forward; cleared at the start of the boot process. Resided in memory

Answer 21

/run

Question 22

Contains data for services such as http or ftp running on the server

Answer 22

/srv

Question 23

provides device, driver, and some kernel information

Answer 23

/sys

Question 24

contains process and hardware information, resides in memory

Answer 24

/proc

Question 25

command to print the current working directory

Answer 25

pwd

Question 26

command to change directories

Answer 26

cd

Question 27

what does pwd command display?

Answer 27

the absolute path of the current directory on the terminal

Question 28

where does the command cd ~ take you?

Answer 28

to the user home directory

Question 29

command to change to a specified user home directory

Answer 29

cd ~ username

Question 30

command to change the current working directory to the parent directory

Answer 30

cd ..

Question 31

command to list filenames and directories stored in the current working directory

Answer 31

ls

Question 32

command that displays all files, including hidden files

Answer 32

ls -a

Question 33

command that displays a long listing of the directory contents

Answer 33

ls -l

Question 34

command that displays directory contents recursively, meaning it will list current directory and the contents of all subdirectories

Answer 34

ls -R

Question 35

command to display the inode a filename belongs to

Answer 35

ls -i

Question 36

what does ls -l list?

Answer 36

size, permissions, number of links, user and group owners, modification time and filename