I’m getting lot of posts in tonight so that I won’t feel so bad when I wait till the weekend to write more. :-) Besides, this topic is important enough that I just want to get it out there.
Strace is one of the single most important troubleshooting tools you will ever use. [...]
Linux has many different kinds of files. First let’s start with a little more basic discussion: what is a file?
Basically, a file is anything that can have a file descriptor associated with it.
What is a file descriptor?
Ahh. Glad you asked. Sit down, this could take a bit.
Linux is POSIX compliant, which [...]
Sometimes when on a Linux system, you will encounter a problem with running out of disk space when it appears that you haven’t. This is because there are actually two different resources on a Linux filesystem.
Disk space – this is the total amount of space allotted to all of your files.
Inodes – this is [...]