Module 0214: Why everything is a file

Tak Auyeung, Ph.D.

January 25, 2010
1 About this module
2 Advantages of files
3 Examples of useful file operations
 3.1 Ghost a hard disk drive
 3.2 Create an ISO image of a CD-ROM or DVD
 3.3 Check the kernel version
 3.4 Check CPU information
 3.5 View the entire command that starts process 26123
4 Special files
 4.1 The root, /
 4.2 /etc
 4.3 /usr
 4.4 /var
 4.5 /home
 4.6 /dev
 4.7 /proc
 4.8 /sys
 4.9 /tmp