From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 11 21:52:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA01696 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:52:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA01637 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:51:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul2.u.washington.edu (root@saul2.u.washington.edu [140.142.56.21]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id VAA15516; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:51:25 -0800 Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id VAA10132; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:51:24 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980111215118.007b0e90@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu> X-Sender: jcwells@jcwells.deskmail.washington.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:51:18 +0000 To: mtg@dmi.net From: Jason Wells Subject: Re: Poof.... it's gone?? Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <34B9B02F.E6B@dmi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 21:54 1/11/98 -0800, Michael T. Gray, met wrote: >Hi, > Managed to get my first server up just a couple days ago. Asked >everyone about FTP Serving software for webpages to customers. One of >the most frequent suggestions was wu-ftpd. I downloaded, installed ran >the Make utility, looks like everything worked fine. Now where did that >file go? I am still having a bit of trouble understanding where files >are going and why. I know DOS very well, UNIX is still new (~ week). For your specific question, try looking in /usr/ports/net. This response makes the assumption that your system is organized like mine. :) Read man hier for info on the way your directory structure is organized "out of the box." I highly recommend follow this man page as your system grows. It will help to keep you sane as you add beaucoup applications. One pointer on your filesystem that I must share with you at this opportunity. This is a gross generalization. It is based on my personal mistakes. You will understand why once you grow more accustomed to how your filesystem is organized. Don't use the '/' hierarchy for anything that you add or store. Put things that you wish to add or store within '/usr' somewhere. The '/' hierarchy is actually a small seperate partition with all the really important stuff in it. '/' has your kernel and things you need to start your system in the event of an emergency. You do not want to fill it up with junk if you can help it. Later, Jason Wells