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I am installing a LAMP install on Debian GNU/Linux and have been asked to enter the following command
sudo touch /var/www/info.php
I was just wondering if anyone could explain what it does.
Thanks
Jack
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I am installing a LAMP install on Debian GNU/Linux and have been asked to enter the following command
sudo touch /var/www/info.php
I was just wondering if anyone could explain what it does.
Thanks
Jack
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That command creates an empty file called "info.php". The next step is probably to edit the file, and add something like this to it:
<?php phpinfo();
What this does is allow you to see all information about your Apache/PHP installation through your browser, usually to see if you have all the PHP libraries you need.
When you have done installing, you should delete "info.php".
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sudo
raises the privilege level of the following command to superuser level (root). In this case the following command is touch
, and touch
creates the file that is passed as parameter, in this case /var/www/info.php
.
The best you can do is read the man
pages of sudo
and touch
.
try this:
man sudo
– Didier Trosset – 2011-11-10T11:46:28.290then that:
man touch
– Didier Trosset – 2011-11-10T11:46:34.890