Re: filesystem or database??

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On 16 September 2010 20:58, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> when we install any package (like  in  ubuntu) ,at end the terminal shows
> "reading database" . the idea i got by my friend is that package manager
> uses this database (like .deb or rpm).
> but my question is : everything in linux is a file so it(database or files
> that it contains) must be placed somewhere in the  filesystem.what is the
> difference  if i say that package manager accesses nothing but the
> filesystem ( obviously a part of it) and database of a system( computer ) is
> nothing but  the filesystem (part of it ) itself  ?
> i mean: what differs between these two that imposes us to name them
> differently?

The database will probably be in a file (ie. Sleepycat db files), or
be made up of several files (IIRC this is like MySql).

But I suspect this is not the best mailing list to discuss this -
seems more like general Linux systems use, or applications-level
development question.

Regards,
Srdjan

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