At 07:44 PM 11/28/1999 +0000, you wrote:
>ls is the equivalent of dir (in fact many Linux distributions
>accept dir as a command)
This one I know and use fine. Also pwd, cd, and a couple other very basic
commands for moving from place to place.
>/bin equivalent to the \dos directory in DOS
>/etc location of various configuration files
>/lib location of shared libraries
>/usr most utilities/applications go here
>/tmp equivalent to the \temp directory in DOS
That is much use, thankyou.
>It's been done and is included with all the main Linux
>distributions. See: DOStoLinux-HOWTO
I have, and I repeat my query. The voluminous howto's generally manage to
further cloud the issue for me.
> > Like I recently found out that the /etc/fstab file,
> > whereever the heck it's hiding,
>
>It "hides" in the /etc directory.
Which hides where? I've seen it turn up in a variety of weird places at
the start of the tree, well down one or another branch... I must be
missing something, but the directory seems to slip dynamically about on me.
> > is not unlike an autoexec.bat,
>
>The fstab file is the f-ile s-ystem tab-le. It just
>tells you about the file systems (e.g. HDD partition,
>CDrom, Network FS) and where they are mounted.
No, now it's more confusing. I still don't get mounting, why if the stuff
is there isn't it simply there? Why do I have to make a mount point and
what then is a mount point? If /mystuff is located on hdb1 under /stuff
then why do I have to specify a mount point for things? Why can't it
simply demonstrate the existence of hdb1/stuff/mystuff if those things are
there? Where is a mount point? Why is a mount point? Why can a folder in
hdb1/stuff/mystuff/my applications/ be located in hda1/usr/yoli/ ?
>The equivalent to the autoexec.bat is the rc scripts.
>They also live in the /etc directory.
But my friend hans puts the mount command in /etc/fstab to get the machine
to mount the particular directory on startup...
What does rc stand for?
>"edit _____" works if edit has been aliased to an available
>editor. Otherwise: "pico ____" or "ae _____" or "ee ____"
>depending on which editor is available. Or you can use
>mc (midnight commander).
Assuming those applications are there... Also, I presume I am the one who
aliases edit and that would mean being able to edit something and knowing
where it is and how...
>Just like DOS.
No, because I've tried all the basic dos methods to get out of vi (if
that's what it was) or read or wherever that blank screen with @ symbols
down the side was. Sometimes f1 did something, I never really figured it out.
>Similar to DOS
In dos I can either type the name of the install program and it does it
all, or I can just copy all the stuff into my preferred directory and
either edit the autoexec PATH command to include it, make a batch file in
root to get to it, or just go to the directory and type the name of the
.exe file.
In linux I have to do something called compiling from some sort of weird
compressed file which requires a long and complex command to uncompress and
then when it is decompressed it seems to vanish to I don't know where.
It's rather like working in a dark room with feathers and a very dim
flashlight.
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