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hier(5)                          DG/UX 5.4.2                         hier(5)


NAME
       hier - DG/UX file system hierarchy

DESCRIPTION
       The following outline gives a quick tour through a representative
       directory hierarchy.  The basis of the outline is the DG/UX operating
       system.  It is not exhaustive.

       /     root
       /admin
             typical home directory for sysadm
       /bin  a symbolic link to /usr/bin
       /dev/ devices (7)
             console    system console
             dsk/*      logical disks
             error      the error device, error(7)
             kmem       logical kernel memory
             lp         line printer, lp(7)
             mem        physical memory
             mt/*       magnetic tapes
             null       the null device; i.e., the "bit bucket"
             pdsk/*     physical disks
             rdsk/*     raw logical disks
             rmt/*      raw magnetic tapes
             rpdsk/*    raw physical disks
             tty[0-9]*  terminals, ttcompat(7)
             ttyp[0-9]* pseudo terminals
             ...
       /dgux the kernel binary (DG/UX System itself)
       /etc/ essential data and maintenance utilities; section (1M)
             cron.d     main cron directory also containing scheduler for
                        at(1)
             default    directory containing defaults for various programs
                        cron    file specifying actions for cron(1M) to take
                        ...
             dumpdates  dump history, dump(1M)
             erm/       directory containing error message files
                        ermes   file containing text of system error
                                messages referenced by perror(3C)
                        ...
             fstab      file system configuration table, fstab(4)
             group      group file, group(4)
             getty      initial part of login sequence, getty(1M)
             hosts      host name to network address mapping file, hosts(4)
             init.d     scripts for rc.d directories init(1M), rc(1M)
             inittab    the init configuration table, inittab(4)
             login.csh  global csh(1) startup script, csh(1)
             mnttab     mounted file table, mnttab(4)
             motd       message of the day, login(1)
             networks   network name to network number mapping file,
                        networks(4)
             passwd     password file, passwd(4)
             profile    global sh(1) startup script, sh(1)
             protocols  protocol name to protocol number mapping file,



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hier(5)                          DG/UX 5.4.2                         hier(5)


                        protocols(4)
             rc.init    shell program to enter init states (0, 1, ...),
                        init(1M), rc(1M)
             rc[S0123456i].d
                        links to init.d scripts for actions in init states,
                        init(1M), rc(1M)
             services   network services definition file, services(4)
             ttydefs    terminal modes for getty, ttydefs(4)
             wtmp, utmp login history, utmp(4)
             ...
       /lib  a symbolic link to /usr/lib
       /lost+found
             directory for connecting detached files for fsck(1M)
       /sbin/
             basic utilities
             halt       stop the system processor, halt(1M)
             init       the parent of all processes, init(1M)
             mount      mount(1M)
             sh         Bourne shell, sh(1)
             ...
       /srv/ server directory
             release    release directory
                        PRIMARY directory for the primary release
                                root    directory containing root
                                        directories of diskless clients
             swap       directory containing swap space for diskless clients
             ...
       /tmp/ temporary files, usually on a fast device, cf. /var/tmp/
             e*         used by ed(1)
             ctm*       used by cc(1)
             ...
       /udd/ directory containing a local file system of user directories
             and possibly mounted file systems of remote user directories
             (name udd is optional)
             local      local directory containing user directories
                        wd      user's initial working directory, typically
                                the user's login name
                                .profile
                                        set environment for sh(1),
                                        environ(5)
                                .cshrc  startup file for csh(1)
                                .editreadrc
                                        startup file for Editread command-
                                        line editor
                                .exrc   startup file for ex(1)
                                .mailrc startup file for mail(1)
                                .netrc  startup file for various network
                                        programs
                                calendar
                                        user's datebook for calendar(1)
             remote     mounted remote directory containing user directories
       /usr/ system software directory, typically read-only
             bin/       utility programs
                        as      Data General macro assembler



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hier(5)                          DG/UX 5.4.2                         hier(5)


                        cc      C compiler executive, cf. /usr/lib/ccomp,
                                /lib/cpp
                        csh     C shell, csh(1)
                        sh      Bourne shell, sh(1)
                        ...
             catman/    online manual pages for man(1)
                        uman/  man pages for users
                                man0/   general: contents, permuted index
                                        contents.0.z
                                        index.0.z
                                man1/   user commands and application
                                        programs
                                        acctcom.1.z
                                        alpq.1.z
                                        ...
                                man5/   miscellaneous features
                                        editread.5.z
                                        ...
                        aman/  man pages for system managers
                                man1/   system maintenance commands
                                        accept.1m.z
                                        acct.1m.z
                                        ...
                                man4/   file formats for system maintenance
                                        commands
                                        dfm.4m.z
                                        ...
                                man7/   special files
                                        alp.7.z
                                        ...
                                man8/   system maintenance procedures
                                        crash.8.z
                                        ...
                        pman/  man pages for programmers
                                man1/   programmer commands
                                        admin.1.z
                                        ar.1.z
                                        ...
                                man2/   system calls
                                        accept.2.z
                                        access.2.z
                                        ...
                                man3/   runtime libraries
                                        a64l.3c.z
                                        ...
                                man4/   file formats
                                        a.out.4.z
                                        ...
                                man5/   miscellaneous features
                                        ascii.5.z
                                        ...
                                man6/   networking protocols
                                        dot3.6.z
                                        ...



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hier(5)                          DG/UX 5.4.2                         hier(5)


             include/   standard #include files
                        a.out.h object file layout, a.out(4)
                        stdio.h standard I/O, intro(3)
                        math.h  (3M)
                        net/    network header files
                        sys/    system-defined layouts
                        ...
             lib/       object libraries, etc.
                        acct/*  account programs and shell scripts
                        gcc     symbolic link to gcc-1
                        gcc-1   directory for GNU C preprocessor and
                                compiler
                        libc.a  elink pointing to directory containing
                                system calls, standard I/O, etc. (2,3,3S)
                        locale  directory containing locale-specific
                                information
                        ...
                        uucp/   programs and data for uucp(1)
                                L.sys   remote system names and numbers
                                uucico  the real copy program
                                ...
                        unittab conversion tables for units(1)
             sbin/      utility programs
                        cron    the clock server, cron(1M)
                        dump    dump program, dump(1M)
                        restore restore program, restore(1M)
                        ...
             sde/       software development environment directory
                        m88kdguxelf
                                Motorola 88000 ELF binary interface, elf(3E)
                                usr/bin utiliy programs
                                usr/lib libraries
                                        lint[12] subprocesses for lint(1)
                                        llib-lc  dummy declarations for
                                                 /lib/libc.a, used by
                                                 lint(1)
                                        llib-lm  dummy declarations for
                                                 /lib/libc.m
                                        ...
                                ...
                        ...
             tmp/       symbolic link to /var/tmp
                        stm*    used by sort(1)
       /var/ directory to contain various writable directories
             adm/       administrative information
                        acct/*  system accounting data files
                        sulog   log of the invocations of the su(1) command
             mail/*     the directory where mail messages are stored
             news/*     the directory where news items are stored
             preserve/  editor temporaries preserved here after
                        crashes/hangups
             spool/     delayed execution files
                        at/     used by at(1)
                        uucp/   work files and staging area for uucp(1)



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hier(5)                          DG/UX 5.4.2                         hier(5)


                                LOGFILE summary log
                                LOG.*   log file for one transaction
             tmp/       directory to avoid writing temporary files to /usr
SEE ALSO
       find(1), grep(1), ls(1).
CAUTION
       The position of files is subject to change without notice.


















































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