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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.
Aaron M. Ucko