There are many ways to move files between Unix and Windows. In my mind, they fall into three categories — secure copy (let’s not even think about ftp), shared drives, and file synchronization ...

While the average Unix user is generally satisfied by the date/time stamps that he sees when using the ls -l command, it is sometimes useful to remember that there are actually several time stamps ...

The ufs file systems used by Solaris and nearly all BSD variants of Unix attempt to keep fragmentation to a minimum by writing related data blocks within the same cylinder group.

One of the questions that Unix users are sometimes reluctant to ask is how all the directory names — like /etc, /var and /usr/local — came about in the first place. Why did we adopt the ...

How to View ZIP Files in Unix. The ZIP archive is recognized by most operating systems, thus making it useful for compressing and archiving files regardless of the OS that your employees or ...

When I send a text file via FTP from windows to unix, I am having conversion issues. 1. If I send the file via ascii, all of the tabs in windows are converting to 8 spaces in unix.2. If I send the ...

For all UNIX systems (Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD—which is what FreeNAS uses), permissions work in generally the same way. Each file and folder has an owner and a group assigned to it, which ...

Do you wonder why you can't edit, execute, or even open some UNIX files and directories? It's all in the permissions. Find out how you read these permissions and make them work for you.

If you're new to the UNIX operating system, especially if you're familiar with Windows, you'll find that the file access control mechanisms might not be exactly what you expect.

There are a lot of hidden files and folders in macOS, which you can still access if you know the method. Here's how to see the invisible files.