User`s guide

The ConnectPort X2e ZB filesystem

The ConnectPort X2e ZB has a Linux-based filesystem. This section gives an overview of the key

directories of the filesystem and common operations performed on directories and files.

Differences between Windows and Linux filesystems

If you are transitioning from a Windows-based filesystem to a Linux filesystem, the following

article covers some of the key differences between Linux and Windows filesystems.

http://freeos.com/articles/3102

Important directories

The files on a Linux system are arranged in what is called a hierarchical directory structure. This

means that they are organized in a tree-like pattern of directories (called folders in other systems),

which may contain files and other directories. The first directory in the file system is called the

root directory. The root directory contains files and subdirectories, which contain more files and

subdirectories and so on and so on. One important difference between the legacy operating system

and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux is that Linux does not employ the concept of drive

letters. While drive letters split the file system into a series of different trees (one for each drive),

Linux always has a single tree. Different storage devices may contain different branches of the tree,

but there is always a single tree.

The frontslash / is used as a directory separator, instead of the backslash \ used in Windows and

DOS.

The /WEB/python/ directory is for user-specific files, such as custom Python applications.

Subdirectories can be created in this area for the customer's applications. This area is read-write.

The /WEB/logging directory contains system log files, including eventlog.txt, python.log,

digi.log, xbee.log, and sef.log. These files are read-only. For more information on these files, see

"System Log" on page 75.

Access/browse the filesystem from device interfaces

There are three aspects or ways in which you will interact with the filesystem resident on the

ConnectPort X2e ZB: through the web interface, and through the command line interface, and

through iDigi.

Common operations for directories and files

The ConnectPort X2e ZB supports standard Linux shell file operations for managing directories

and files. See the command shell reference document listed on page 95 for details on these

operations.