File System Layout

• man hier for more information.
• /afs: top AFS directory.
• /bin: fundamental non-administration programs.
• /bin/athena: fundamental Athena programs.
• /boot: kernel images and data lilo needs.
• /dev: device special files.
• /etc: local configuration files.
• /etc/athena: Athena configuration files and fundamental administration programs.
• /home: home directories for local users.
• /lib: fundamental shared libraries.
• /lost+found: files recovered by fsck
• /mit: directory containing most locker mount points.
• /mnt: directory containing local mount points.
• /proc: "virtual" file system with lots of sytstem information.
• /root: root's home directory.
• /sbin: fundamental administration programs and daemons.
• /tmp: temporary files.
• /usr: less fundamental files, which should not need to be modified in daily operation.
• /usr/X11R6: X files. Same general layout as /usr.
• /usr/afsws: AFS development files.
• /usr/athena: less fundamental Athena files. Same general layout as /usr.
• /usr/bin: less fundamental programs.
• /usr/dict: word lists.
• /usr/doc: documentation.
• /usr/games: games.
• /usr/i486-linuxaout: libraries for old software in the a.out binary format.
• /usr/include: C development headers.
• /usr/info: info-format documentation.
• /usr/lib: libraries and data files.
• /usr/libexec: programs meant to be run by other programs.
• /usr/local: local files. Same general layout as /usr.
• /usr/man: manual pages.
• /usr/openwin: xview files. Same general layout as /usr.
• /usr/sbin: less fundamental daemons and administrative programs.
• /usr/share: architecture-independent data.
• /usr/src: sources.
• /usr/src/linux: kernel source.
• /usr/tmp: relatively persistent temporary files (symlink to /var/tmp)
• /usr/vice: AFS cache and configuration files.
• /var: variable data files.
• /var/athena: variable Athena files.
• /var/catman: automatically-generated formatted man pages.
• /var/lib: miscellaneous variable files.
• /var/local: local variable files.
• /var/lock: lock files.
• /var/log: log files.
• /var/preserve: saved vi edit sessions.
• /var/run: run-time variable files, normally cleared on boot.
• /var/spool: spoole/queued files.
• /var/tmp: relatively persistent temporary files.