LPIC I Exam Cram™ 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102

Chapter 6. File Systems and Commands

Terms you’ll need to understand:

✓	Attributes
✓	File System Heirarchy Standard
✓	Hidden files
✓	Inode
✓	Recursive
✓	Root / directory
✓	Special bits

Techniques you’ll need to master:

✓	Understanding file system structure
✓	Navigating a file system
✓	Viewing and identifying file objects
✓	Moving, copying, and managing file objects
✓	Creating, removing, and managing directory objects
✓	Creating boot disks
✓	Searching for objects
✓	Using hard and symbolic links
✓	Changing and modifying permissions and ownership
✓	Configuring quotas

File System Overview

The file system’s structure starts with the root of the file system, which is denoted by the forward slash character (/). Every item on the file system is accessible by a single unique path from the ...