The main goal of this handbook is to serve as a single access point to all kernel-related documentation. It contains the information about the Debian packaging of Linux kernel for the Etch release of Debian (version 4.0). The latest released version is always available from http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org. The work on a handbook version for Lenny (next Debian release) is currently in progress.
Traditionally, Unix/Linux/POSIX filenames can be almost any sequence of bytes, and their meaning is unassigned. The only real rules are that "/" is always the directory separator, and that filenames can't contain byte 0 (because this is the terminator). Although this is flexible, this creates many unnecessary problems. In particular, this lack of limitations makes it unnecessarily difficult to write correct programs (enabling many security flaws), makes it impossible to consistently and accurately display filenames, causes portability problems, and confuses users. more ....
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