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