Your Question: What Is Etc Unix?
Contents /Etc. Contains System-Wide Configuration Files and System Databases; the Name Stands for Et Cetera but Now a Better Expansion Is...
/etc. Contains system-wide configuration files and system databases; the name stands for et cetera but now a better expansion is editable-text-configurations. Originally also contained “dangerous maintenance utilities” such as init , but these have typically been moved to /sbin or elsewhere.
What is Linux etc?
ETC is a folder which contain all your system configuration files in it. Then why the etc name? “etc” is an English word which means etcetera i.e in layman words it is “and so on”. The naming convention of this folder is having some interesting history.
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What is etc directory used for?
This is the nerve center of your system, it contains all system related configuration files in here or in its sub-directories. A “configuration file” is defined as a local file used to control the operation of a program; it must be static and cannot be an executable binary.
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