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A sketch of the
filesystem hierarchy. root directory of the filesystem user utilities
fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments block and character
device files script for creating device files; see file descriptor
files; see system configuration files and scripts local timezone
information; see backup disklabels; see configuration files for the
kerberos version IV; see mtree configuration files; see named configuration
files; see UUCP configuration files; empty directory commonly used
by system administrators as a temporary mount point pure kernel executable
(the operating system loaded into memory at boot time). system programs
and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user
environments programs used in a standalone environment temporary files,
usually a memory-based filesystem (the contents of /tmp are usually NOT
preserved across a system reboot) contains the majority of user utilities
and applications common utilities, programming tools, and applications
large packages contributed to Berkeley by outside parties useful and
semi-frivolous programs standard C include files C include files for
X11 window system C include files for Internet service protocols C include
files for kerberos authentication package; see machine specific C include
files misc network C include files C include files for IMP protocols;
see C include files for Internet standard protocols; see C include
files for ISO standard protocols; see C include files for XNS standard
protocols; see C include files for NFS (Network File System) include
files for pc 1 C include files for Berkeley service protocols system
C include files (kernel data structures) C include files for UFS (The
U-word File System) archive libraries misc. utility data files system
daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs) local executables,
libraries, etc. architecture-specific target tree produced by building the
/usr/src tree programs from past lives of BSD which may disappear in future
releases system daemons & system utilities (executed by users) architecture-independent
data files a variety of pre-fab calendar files; see word lists; see
common words words from Webster’s 2nd International reference databases;
see custom word lists; see misc documentation; src for most of the
printed manuals (available from the association) ascii text files used
by various games manual pages macros for use with the me macro package
misc system-wide ascii text files terminal characteristics database;
see templates for make; see macros for use with the ms macro package
example . (dot) files for new accounts tab description files for a variety
of terminals; used in the termcap file; see text processing macros;
see and timezone configuration information; see BSD and/or local
source files src for files in /bin src for files in /usr/contrib
src for files in /etc src for files in /usr/games src for files in /usr/include
src for kerberos version IV src for files in /usr/lib src for files
in /usr/libexec src for files in /usr/local src for files in /usr/old
src for programming tools in /usr/bin src for files in /sbin src for
files in /usr/share kernel src files src for files in /usr/bin src for
files in /usr/sbin multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool
files system accounting files execution accounting file; see
timed command scheduling files; see misc. backup files misc. automatically
generated system-specific database files misc. game status and log files
misc. system log files login/logout log; see user mailbox files
temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of an editor;
see filesystem quota information files system information files describing
various info about system since it was booted database of current users;
see rwho data files; see and misc. printer and mail system spooling
directories commonly ~ftp; the anonymous ftp root directory undelivered
mail queue; see line printer spooling directories secretmail spool directory;
see uucp spool directory commonly ~uucp; public uucp temporary directory
temporary files that are kept between system reboots
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