From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 28 11:13:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from beowulf.utmb.edu (beowulf.utmb.edu [129.109.59.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3082515240 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:13:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu) Received: (from bdodson@localhost) by beowulf.utmb.edu (8.9.3/8.9.2) id NAA62747; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:07:24 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bdodson) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:07:24 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199906281807.NAA62747@beowulf.utmb.edu> From: "M. L. Dodson" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Joe Konecny Cc: FreeBSD List Subject: confused by directory structure In-Reply-To: <3777B8A6.2D08F0B3@green-mfg.com> References: <3777B8A6.2D08F0B3@green-mfg.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Joe Konecny writes: > Being very new to fbsd I'm very confused by the directory > structure. When I d/l an app I have no idea on where I > should put it. man 7 hier > If I run the install does that put it in > it's proper place? Properly written ports/packages will do so. > Plus where is the best place to put the > zipped file when I d/l it? Use of the ports/package system will take care of that automagically. > Do I create a new directory somewhere? > A graphical view of the directory structure would help me > understand a lot. Kinda like file manager in windows. I > guess I have to install X for that? > > Hmmmmm...... Used to Windows or Macintosh are we. ;-) > -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message