NAME

hier − file system hierarchy

DESCRIPTION

The following outline gives a quick tour through a representative directory hierarchy. 

/root

/vmunix
the kernel binary (UNIX itself)

/dev/devices

/etc/data for maintenance utilities

/lost+found/
directory for connecting detached files for fsck(8)

/home/
home directories for registered users

/sbin/essential maintenance utilities

/tmp/temporary files, cf /var/tmp/

/usr/bin/
utility programs, cf /usr/5bin/ /usr/acorn/ /usr/ucb/ /usr/new/

/usr/include/
standard #include files

/usr/lib/
object libraries and other stuff

/usr/sbin/
general maintenance utilities

/usr/share/
files which can be shared beween machines of different architectures

/usr/share/man/
machine readable form of the manual, man(1)

/var/data files which grow from day to day

/var/adm/
administrative information

/var/preserve/
editor temporaries preserved here after crashes/hangups

/var/spool/
delayed execution files

SEE ALSO

ls(1), apropos(1), find(1), learn(1), man(1), whatis(1), whereis(1), which(1)

BUGS

The position of files is subject to change without notice. 
 

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  Revision 1.4 of 23/11/90