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Operating System Tools

Notes Userland Locations: Userland locations are the locations which contain the files for the regular
operation of a system.
Var Location: The var location contains variable data.

9.7 Review Questions

1. Discuss the concept of Mounting File Systems.
2. Describe how SATA disk driver represent and access data.

3. Explain the use of mount command with example.
4. Discuss the standard locations of Linux File system.
5. Discuss the advantages of having /usr on a separate file system.
6. Explain the method used to obtain the access rights.
7. Illustrate the concept of locate command with example.
8. Make distinction between locate command and find command.

9. How to use GNOME Search Tool for finding files on your system? Illustrate.
10. Discuss the commands used for directory navigation.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Files 2. Folder
3. hierarchical 4. Mount

5. proc 6. Devpts
7. SCSI 8. umount
9. root 10. locate
11. find 12. -exec
13. GUI 14. Current

15. home

9.8 Further Readings

Books Christopher Negus, Linux Bible, Wiley.

Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love and Arnold Robbins,
Linux in a Nutshell, O’Reilly Media.
Wale Soyinka, Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide, McGraw-Hill Osborne
Media.
Dee-Ann LeBlan and Richard K. Blum, Linux for Dummies.
Brian Ward, How Linux Works, No Starch Press.

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