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Old 12-07-2005
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Hi Friends,

Can anybody tell me what is the significance of having /etc directory structure in unix/linux

is there any specific reason to have that name as directory so as to store all process files or any other reason..

thanks
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A read of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard answers this and many more questions relating to filesystem layout and convention.

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