Questions tagged [directory-structure]
The layout of the directory hierarchy — questions like “where does this file belong?” or “what is this directory for?”.
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On Debian 9, is /root part of the /home partition?
I am encrypting my /home partition and I would also like any secrets /root (not /) contains to be encrypted. Is the /root folder considered part of the /home partition by default, or do I need to ...
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Finding files and copy with folder structure intact
I am searching files who have either been created or modified for the last 60 minuts. I find these via
find ~/data/ -cmin -60 -mmin -60 -type f
~ the home directory /usr/wg/
After that I want to ...
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How does IMAP physically store mails?
I am at last planning to move from POP3 to IMAP. I use maildir format to store mails and I want, at least for a short time, to keep a fallback route.
I'm trying without success to find out how IMAP ...
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How to access external hard drive from Ubuntu Shell and Python code [duplicate]
I am running out of space in my local device. I have external hard disk. I want to point my python code to write to directory there. How can I know the full path for the hard disk?
I tried to go to ...
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How to find only directories without subdirectories? [duplicate]
Is there a way in linux to look through a directory tree for only those directories that are the ends of branches (I will call them leaves here), i.e., dircetories with no subdirectories in them? I ...
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Tool for creating and calling folder structure templates?
Is there a Linux utility for creating templates for directory structures, outside of the scripts packaged with a DE like Gnome or LXDE? (I run openbox and would like to avoid a DE at all costs)
There ...
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AWS Linux image - where to put application directory?
I need to install my application files in the linux server.
Where should I put the files? and what are the permission that I should set?
Can I put them at /var/app? (AWS Beanstalk put the app at /var/...
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Trying to remove current directory using rmdir
I created a directory dir at Desktop and then i keyed in cd dir so as to make dir as my current directory and then i typed in the terminal rmdir /home/user_name/Desktop/dir from the dir directory ...
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Where should I store my application files (data, cache, logs, crashes, etc.) [closed]
Although I did some research on this subject, I couldn't reach the exact information I wanted. Actually, not exactly disclosed, everyone approached in a different way.
For the: Filesystem Hierarchy ...
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What is a good command for moving a directory containing relative symbolic links to files outside the directory?
I like to use relative symlinks when possible because they stay valid even when my filesystem is mounted in a non-root location, for example if I am accessing it remotely.
However, if I move a ...
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On FreeBSD, or other BSDs, what directory is commonly used for data folder storing the content of a database such as Postgres
I am wondering if there is a convention on where to store the data folder containing all the files for the tables and rows of a relational database system such as Postgres.
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What is the directory “/home/[username]/.checkers” and why is it owned by root?
This is for a website that has been passed from one WHM/Cpanel hosting environment to another. It's running the Loaded Commerce shopping cart and ShipRush shipping plugin. The ShipRush plugin needed ...
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How to create file with text in every subfolder?
For example I have a hierarchy a/b/c. How do I crate a file with name d.txt and text "Hello World" in every folder a, a/b and a/b/c?
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A directory showing up in itself [closed]
I do cd ~ and then pwd. It shows /root. Then I do ls. It again shows root. This is NOT another directory with the same name because when I do cd root, it says -bash: cd: root: Not a directory.
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Creating a file named '.' and how to read and write data to it?
How would I create a file named . (dot) and read or write data to it, given that . also refers to the current directory?
I know this is possible because I have a directory structure. I'm looking at ...
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What's the right way to add directories to XDG_DATA_DIRS?
I've installed some app under /opt/myapp, which has a /opt/myapp/share directory. As I finish installing, it tells me:
Note that '/opt/myapp/share' is not in the search path
set by the XDG_DATA_HOME ...
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Wget: downloading files selectively and recursively?
Question about wget, subfolder, and index.html.
Let's say I am inside "travels/" folder and this is in "website.com": "website.com/travels/".
Folder "travels/" contains a lot of files and other (sub)...
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doubts about the Linux filesystem hierarchy [duplicate]
I'am trying to learn about the filesystem hierarchy but I can't get my mind wrapped around some of the concepts.
/mnt: What do I put here? In theory, is a place for mounting temporary file systems so,...
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Can you change permissions for a child directory that you do not own?
Picture a scenario in which you have a parent and a child directory. In the parent directory you have given group rwx. Below that directory you have a directory in which the group permissions are --- (...
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Should application directory names include version numbers? [closed]
I have an application which is expected to have occasional updates. For my sins, its a .Net Core app running on Centos as a systemd service. The service is expected be available running more or less ...
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How to run a script file
Using Mint Linux 19 here.
I have a script file called test.sh. This script-file is located in a path e.g. /home/shyam/Mi A1/tissot, and I use it to flash Android system on my phone. The script ...
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mksquashfs: how to include full absolute directory paths inside the squashfs image?
When I create a squashfs image from multiple directories such as:
/bin/
/usr/bin/
/usr/local/bin/
/some/other/random/folder/
/another/long/path/
If I use command...
mksquashfs /bin /usr/bin /usr/...
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Why is ls -i slower than ls?
I know that ls lists the names of the files in a given directory and ls -i shows the names and the inode numbers.
But why is it slower?
EDIT: This happens with big directories
The names and the ...
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Conventional directory for application build source [duplicate]
I know this is rather subject to opinion but what are some good choices where on the file system to locate the source code of a build that the server builds (let's say it's a build/integration server)?...
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Why do relative paths that traverse a symlink in reverse resolve using the true path?
Either I've completely misunderstood something about symlinks (most likely), or their behaviour has changed at some point and I'm now catching up.
I have a script directory that resides somewhere on ...
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Have group permission but unable to create file
This question is originally posted on rsapberrypi stackexchange. Since it is not so raspberrypi-related, I think it's better to post here.
I found a strange thing while playing with pi3B.
I want to ...
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Solution to change directory passing a directory pattern as the parameter
I'd like to get any script or Linux solution to implement changing directory passing not exactly a directory but a pattern as the parameter. Something like this:
# Ex: I'd like to execute a "cd" to a ...
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How to Define Custom Conditional Expression Primaries in Bash?
How would I redefine and/or define new conditional expression primaries in bash? For example, I would like a primary that tests for the existence of an empty directory. Of course, it would be ...
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What is the difference betweeen “~/.local/share” and “~/.local/share:”?
Under my ~/.local directory I have two sub-directories named share: and share.
Upon inspection, there seems to be little difference between the two, both of them containing, as you'd expect, local ...
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copying files recursively without preserving directories
I have a bunch of directories that contain MP3 files inside. These directories contain no other directories inside.
How do I delete all directory structure without deleting the files?
That would be ...
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Listing only shallowest directories containing no files, all the way down
Supposing this file system structure:
ROOT
DIR1A
FILE
DIR2A
DIR2B
DIR3A
DIR1B
DIR2C
DIR2D
DIR3B
DIR1C
DIR2E
...
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Can't install to Cygwin's MinGW sysroot (it's protected)
I have built a library with this command:
$ ../configure '--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32' --prefix=/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw && make && make install
Installation fails ...
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Exclude sub-directories from tree output [duplicate]
I would like to document a directory structure, and installed tree to do so. I don't wish to include files but only directories and symbolic links which point to directories (haven't decided if the ...
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Wildcard not being interpreted in if statement
I am currently writing the below script. The code looks at a certain directory for a filename inputted by the user. The script first checks to see if the input file is a gzip, if so, it runs the ...
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Is there a home directory location for overriding icons?
There are a few home directory locations that complement /usr locations. Files in these locations override their /usr counterparts. For example:
~/.local/bin complements /usr/bin
~/.local/share/...
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Where do I install non-end user commands?
In a project of mine I have a couple of specialized commands which are only called by other commands, and are not supposed to be invoked by the end user. Should these internal commands be installed in ...
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How to prepend a directory to files placed in a tar archive?
I want to tar the files foo and bar into a tar archive archive.tar, but I want them to appear, within the archive, as being within a directory, bazdir. Thus when I untar someplace I want bazdir to be ...
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Merging Directories Based on their Suffix
I have a directory structure produced during archiving. The archiving system can't be changed. Whenever a duplicate directory occurs the archiver appends an integer suffix to the directory name. My ...
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How can I do subdirectory manipulation in shell?
For example, running a command on n-number of sorted subdirectories, where n is an input.
Or
how can I run a for loop on a range of subdirectories where I can give that range as an input? Like the ...
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Should I install programs directly into /usr/local or a subdirectory in usr/local or into /opt? [duplicate]
I want to install PHPStorm IDE on my PC. The Linux version is distributed as a .tar.gz archive which contains bin, help, jre64, lib, license and plugin directories and 2 text files.
I have searched ...
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${HOME}/Desktop directory somehow got moved in Linux Mint
I started up my laptop PC today and the Desktop directory inside my home folder has somehow been moved into a place other than ${HOME}/Desktop and another Desktop directory exists inside my home ...
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The content of directory /dev/fd have difference file in one time
I have such command.
#echo -e "ls\npwd" >test
#bash
#exec <test
After this code.You will find
#ls /dev/fd
0 1 2 3
#cd /dev/fd;ls
0 1 2 255
Fun,the directory /dev/fd have ...
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Proper location for software on non-boot partition
I've got a computer that boots off an SSD, with an HDD for miscellaneous user data (currently, my /home partition).
I want to move some installed software from /usr/local/bin to a directory on the ...
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lftp changes directory size without changing files in directory
i used this code to backup a directory to an ftp
mirror -R /media/root/7CBAA4537758FCA/SAVE/DeesBootCD_SlipStreamed2/ /luksftpmnt/put-into-images-folder/DeesBootCD_SlipStreamed2
and it worked well ...
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Is the bin/ directory for storing binary files?
I have seen many tutorials saying that the bin directory is used to store binary files, meaning there is only 0 and 1 in the files in that directory.
However, in many cases, I see files in bin that ...
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$HOME/.cache - on a small SSD or on an HDD?
I have a system with a small SSD (about 90 GB available for my single Linux partition mounted as /) and a much larger HDD.
Now, my home directory has been balooning in space, filling up all of the ...
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The different uses of folders in the / (root) directory
There are a lot of folders in the / directory what do they all do?
I know a few like /dev has links to devices in the system but what about /lost+found or /proc I just am curious.
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Which subfolders of $HOME should I put on a scratch disk, and which on a backed-up one?
On my computer at work I have Fedora 24 installed (not my choice). My home folder is NFS-mounted and backed up routinely. I also have a pretty large local disk which is not backed up.
Now, I've been ...
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Why isn't the var directory user-specific?
I'm quite new in the UNIX world, so feel free to let me know if my question is silly.
So-called Filesystem Hierarchy Standard states that the /var directory is supposed to keep data like logs and ...
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Where should be located a web application in Linux?
Here is an example of the file structure of a Linux distro:
https://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-filesystem-fhs.html
Each directory has a specific purpose, and seems like a ...
