From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Aug 22 00:38:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA09299 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 00:38:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA09294 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 00:38:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA28802; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:37:54 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980822173751.55453@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:37:51 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: rick hamell Cc: FreeBSD-Newbies Subject: Re: URL and Opinions on how to really learn something References: <19980822124634.45813@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from rick hamell on Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 10:15:01PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 10:15:01PM -0700, rick hamell wrote: > > > -an explanation of files, what they do and why the're there. > > > > What particular files? > > > Well, for one, the various configuration files. Hmm, yeah, that's a pretty common puzzle for newbies. "The various configuration files" is a problem I know well, but it's really hard to state exactly what the problem is or what needs to be done about it. A while ago my email signature described my main FreeBSD activity: find / -name "*.conf" |more > Also, what and why you want different directories, One of the pieces of "common knowledge" that doesn't usually make it into unix tutorials is man hier. It's a man page that explains why all those directories are where they are and what they're supposed to be for. > /USR and /VAR on different slices. And *that* is a matter of religion :-) You'll find a lengthy discussion on it in freebsd-questions a while ago. I don't think you'd expect it to be in a unix tutorial, it's more specific to the type of unix and personal preferences. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message