Any respectable Unix/Linux book should cover this. I have one that is a
pretty
good starting point for new Linux users, it is called:
Linux Programming
Written by: Neil Matthew & Richard Stones
Published by: Wrox
I got the book thru a research proffessor but you can probably
get it thru Amazon.com at a good price. (The cover price says
$36.95, which is great for the amount of info in the book)
It covers:
File System
Shell Programming
Files
Unix Environment
Processes & Signals (the best of any book I have seen yet)
Inter-process comm.
Semaphores, queues and Shared Mem
Sockets (also the best of any book I have seen)
X programming (not a great section)
CGI Programming (nothing to great)
Debugging
Curses
I probably have 15 Linux/Unix books and this is by far the best. Stay away
from the 'Unleashed' books (Although I noticed a Red Hat Unleashed book
that I have yet to take a look at) and take a good look at any Que books you
buy. (There are some good ones and real crappy ones)
But, if you have the time, you can always find anything a book has out on
the
net somewhere for free. And also, stuff you find on the web will probably be
a lot more recent. I know threads have undergone major changes in the last
three years and by the time a book was published and shipped, the info was
out of date. I had an operating systems class that the instructor would get
technical
docs from a buddy of his at Sun at that would be our text. Unfortunately,
the
thread community went to POSIX.
Oh well,
That book is a great book. I would rank it as beginner to intermediate but I
have
seen several experienced admins use it for refernce.
WC
-----Original Message-----
From: DGM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, May 08, 1998 12:07 PM
Subject: Newbie question: Directory & File structure
>Sorry if this is an ignorant question but I am new to the UNIX/Linux world
>so please bear with me...
>
>Does anyone know of a resource that would help me understand the directory
>structure and the files used in the Linux operating system. What I am
>looking for is a brief description of each directory and what it is used
>for. A list of the files in each directory and what they do would be very
>helpful too. I need to get up to speed quickly and I think this information
>would give me a big head start.
>
>TIA,
>Dave
>
>
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