I cut my teeth on ini files SQL.INI was my first job beyond straight help desk work. Sam. nate at refried.org wrote: >On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:23:27AM -0600, Sam MacDonald wrote: > > >>One of the things about NT that makes it easy to understand is the use >>of the registry. The registry links objects to what the object is used >>for or to objects it uses. It organizes everything in a central Hierarchy. >>No central registry exists in Linux that I have found, it feels >>scattered to me at this point. I can't go to one place and find the >>guts of everything. >> >> > >If you want a detailed explaination, look at the File Hierarchy Standard >put out by the Linux Standards Base. I'll do my best as a short >explaination here. > >Believe it or not, Linux is very organized. Much more than most unixes >I've seen (IRIX especially). Debian especially strives to adhere to the >FHS. > >/etc Generally, all system wide configuration files go here. > >/bin Basic system utilities that everyone can use go here. > >/sbin Basic system utilities that only root can use go here. > >/usr This is where static data and programs go. Some systems can > mount this read-only or over NFS. > >/var This is where variable data for programs on this system go. > >/lib System libraries needed by programs in /bin and /sbin go here. > >/usr/share/doc This is where documentation on a per-package basis goes. > >/usr/lib Most of the system libraries go here. > >/var/log All system logs go here on Linux. > >/lib/modules Kernel modules > >/usr/include Header files for development > >/usr/local Programs that are not part of the base distribution > generally go here. > >Sure, it may look like there are lots of places to go, but it's all in >one namespace. You don't need specialized tools to walk around it and >change things. It'll become second nature once you use it more. > >Nate >- Who preferred .ini files over the registry > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list