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.

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.

Fink is one of several projects that brings easy management of open source Unix programs to OS X.

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.

When transferring text files between Linux/Unix and Windows systems, you may encounter issues with line breaks and file formatting. This is because Windows uses both a line feed (LF) and a ...

That is, of course, unless you add the directory containing the files to your search path. The batch language, like Unix systems, provides a search path to facilitate your use of its commands.

Dear Lifehacker, I’ve followed your guide to building a home server with FreeNAS , but I’m not sure what to do with the permissions on my files. Can ...