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Where Data is Stored

with James Conrad

Join James Conrad as we learn where Linux stores all the most important files, how to navigate to them, and understand when you'd need to access and manipulate them. We'll cover the boot, lib, var, proc, dev, sys, and etc directories and learn to do basic system and log analysis.

Recommended Experience

Basic Linux and CLI understanding
Awareness of systems administration tasks like file management
Light experience with system monitoring and troubleshooting tools

Related certifications

Linux Professional Institute Linux Essentials

Related Job Functions

System administrator (Linux)
IT support specialist
DevOps engineer (junior)

A former full-stack developer, Shaun Wassell brings a wealth of web development and programming experience to his training.

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Skill Outline

1. Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) and Introduction (3:13)
2. boot and lib Directories (7:23)
3. dev Directory (6:39)
4. Binary Directories (8:49)
5. etc Directory (5:29)

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