Hi Michael, On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > how do you descend your home network tree non-graphically? > $ find . -maxdepth 20 Files only; no directory: $ find . -type f -maxdepth 20 Avoid the hidden files. $ find . -type f -maxdepth 20 \( ! -iname ".*" \) where is the device list of your network? > To get a list of all network devices, you can ping the broadcast: $ ping 192.168.1.255 Or you can run Nmap: $ nmap -PN 192.168.1.0/24 If you actually just want to get the device list for your machine only: $ ifconfig -a where is everything mounted? > This can vary from distro to distro, and automounter. /etc/fstab file will show the mounted devices built at boot. You can display all mounted devices via: $ mount A good utility for managing disk mounts in Ubuntu is pysdm: $ sudo apt-get install pysdm > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** HomeSmartInternational.com