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--- linux:files_system [2020/10/27 10:12] – [Tracing Inodes in Pathnames -- ASCII Art] 192.168.1.1
+++ linux:files_system [2022/07/09 13:44] (current) – 185.192.71.121
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ====== Linux - Files System ======
+<code>
+/              Root
+-> /bin        User Binaries
+-> /boot       Boot Loader Files
+-> /dev        Device Files
+-> /etc        Configuration Files
+-> /home       Home Directories
+-> /lib        System Libraries
+-> /media      Removable Devices
+-> /mnt        Mount Directory
+-> /opt        Optional Add-On Applications
+-> /proc       Process Information
+-> /sbin       System Binaries
+-> /srv        Service Data
+-> /tmp        Temporary Files
+-> /usr        User System Resources
+-> /var        Variable Files
+</code>
+----
 {{:linux:linux-file-system.jpg?800|}}
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 ===== Tracing Inodes in Pathnames =====
-Below is an ASCII Art diagram of some directories and a hard-linked file with two names.
 ==== Slashes separate names in pathnames ====
@@ Line 478: / Line 499: @@
                       |  The ROOT directory itself does not have a name, because there is no directory above it to give it a name!
                       V
-        +----+-----+---------------------------------------------------+
+        +----+-----+--------------------------------------------------------+
     #5  |. 5 |.. 2 | peter 31 | virginia 36 | felix 39 | abcd0001 21 | ...  |
-        +----+-----+--v------------------------------------------------+
+        +----+-----+--v-----------------------------------------------------+
                       |  The inode #5 above is the "home" directory.
                       |  The name "home" isn't here; it's up in the ROOT directory, above.
@@ Line 488: / Line 509: @@
     #31 |. 31|.. 5 | test 12 | temp 15 | Documents 8 | Downloads 7 | demo 6 | ... |
         +----+-----+--v-----------------------------------v-----------------------+
-                      |  The inode #31 above is the "     |
+                      |  The inode #31 above is the       |
-                      |  peter" directory.                |
+                      |  "peter" directory.               |
                       |  The name "peter" isn't here;     |
                       |  it's up in the "home" directory, |
                       |  above.                           |
                       |  This directory has the names     |
-                      |  "test " and "Downloads" in it    |
+                      |  "test " and "Downloads" in it.   |
                       |                                   V
-        +----+-----+--|-------------------------------------------+
+        +----+-----+--|------------------------------------------+
-    #7  |. 7 |.. 31|  |  test 12 | morestuf 123 | junk 99 | ... |
+    #7  |. 7 |.. 31|  |  afile 12 | morestuf 123 | junk 99 | ... |
-        +----+-----+--|-------v-----------------------------------+
+        +----+-----+--|-------v----------------------------------+
                       |       |  The inode #7 above is the "Downloads" directory.
                       |       |  The name "Downloads" isn't here;
@@ Line 636: / Line 657: @@
 The box below represents the actual disk space given to the `test` file, inode `#12`:
-        *-----------*
+        +-----------+
     #12 | file data |
-        *-----------*
+        +-----------+
 The name `test` for this inode isn't in this inode; the name `test` is up in the `peter` directory.