Unix Interview Questions
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What scheme does the Kernel in Unix System V follow while choosing a swap device among the multiple swap devices?

537

What do you mean by the protection fault?

555

What are the criteria for choosing a process for swapping out of the memory to the swap device?

604

Which are typical system directories below the root directory?

536

Explain about the directory representation in UNIX?

538

What are data structures that are used for Demand Paging?

573

How do you start and stop services in unix without using admin console?

591

If your server is running on Unix and one of the sessions are keep on running without loading any data. how would you kill it?

629

Give a brief idea about representation of devices in unix.

534

Explain what are the unix system calls for i/o?

517

Explain what are links and symbolic links in unix file system?

530

Explain what is standard unix streams ?

542

Explain what is a fifo?

551

Discuss briefly about the directory representation in unix.

581

What is standard unix streams ?

521


Un-Answered Questions { Unix }

Explain the architectural differences between user-space threads, and kernel-supported threads?

516


What does the command '$ls | wc –l > file1' do?

686


What is the functionality of a top command?

628


Can multiple clients connect to same socket?

518


What is the significance of the superuser?

533






How can I force a socket to send the data in its buffer?

1101


Explain kernal and shell?

564


How to get or set an environment variable from a program?

550


Is ‘du’ a command? If so, what is its use?

639


Explain the mount and unmount system calls?

527


How do you sort in unix?

568


why unix commands simpler rather than complex task

3850


Using unix command how to display no of records in oracle?

615


What is the search command in unix?

609


What are system variables in unix?

686