Index

archives, 181

archiving and compressing files, 202–210

copying and moving files, 196, 197

copying files, 193–195

copying files to a DOS floppy, 199–200

copying files to a DOS partition, 202

directory commands, 189–190

documentation, 19–20

erasing files and directories, 196

file operations, 197

File Roller, 202–210

file structure, 184–187

files, 181, 182–184

graphics tools, 233–234

hard links, 198–199

history of, 10–12

home directories, 185

installation, 27–33

links, 197–199

listing, displaying and printing files, 187–189

managing directories, 189–192

moving files, 195–196

mtools, 199–202

Office suites, 213

online information sources, 18–19

and operating systems, 10

overview, 3–4, 12–13

pathnames, 185–186

referencing the parent directory, 191–192

searching directories, 192–193

software, 14–17

symbolic links, 197–198

system directories, 186–187

addressing, 656–658

assigning IP addresses statically or dynamically, 84–86

configuration, 82–92

implementing a DNS server, 86–88

IP addressing, 83–84

physical configuration, 83

Squid proxy server, 86

creating LVMs with Disk Druid, 612

enabling in the kernel, 601

LVM structure, 611–612

LVM tools, 612–613, 614–615

from command line interface, 39–40

configuring lpd, 481–483

print clients, 481, 483

printcap file, 481