Episode 11 Filesystems

We investigate the standard filesystem hierarchy and some tools for managing filesystems.

13 October 2015

Time Jump Topic or command
00:27  

script, shell

00:59  

. (current dir)

01:11  

PATH variable

01:16  

environment variable

01:21  

echo (display text)

01:49  

which (show path of command)

02:34  

/bin

02:37  

file type, binary

04:40  

octal

04:50  

chmod (change permissions)

05:27  

filesystem

05:55  

/ (root directory)

06:46  

disk format

07:29  

journal

07:54  

filesystem, virtual

08:25  

file type, disk image

08:44  

virtual machine

09:20  

filesystem hierarchy standard

09:31  

distribution

09:51  

/etc (system config dir)

09:55  

/etc/passwd (user database)

10:31  

/home (user dirs)

10:36  

/boot (kernel images)

11:03  

/root (home of admin user)

11:32  

/usr (package-managed software)

12:03  

/bin (essential commands)

12:43  

link, symbolic

13:42  

/lib (libraries)

14:07  

ImageMagick

15:08  

/usr/local (user-installed software)

15:54  

/var (variable data files)

16:31  

/proc (process information)

17:31  

disk format, vfat

17:43  

disk format, ext4

17:58  

inotify (monitor filesystem events)

19:50  

sudo (run as administrator)

20:23  

sudo -s (shell)

21:05  

USB drive

22:00  

/dev (device files)

22:49  

disk partition

24:07  

fdisk (edit partition table)

25:08  

mount (attach filesystem)

25:54  

umount (detach filesystem)

26:33  

mkfs (build Linux filesystem)

29:29  

ls -a (all)

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