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Applications are usually kept in directories reserved for them. Applications supplied by the system for general use, including program development, are found in /usr/bin. Applications added by system administrators for a specific host computer or local network are often found in /usr/local/bin or /opt.
Administrators favor /usr/local, as it keeps vendor-supplied files and later additions separate [...]
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August 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
Linux applications are represented by two special types of files: executables and scripts. Executable files are programs that can be run directly by the computer; they correspond to Windows .exe files. Scripts are collections of instructions for another program, an interpreter, to follow. These correspond to Windows .bat or .cmd files, or interpreted BASIC programs.
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