NAME

hier − file system hierarchy

DESCRIPTION

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

/root

/bootstand alone boot program

/iopboot
I/O processor driver binary (NWS-800/NWS-900 only)

/rtxI/O processor driver binary (NWS-1800/NWS-1900 only)

/vmunix
the kernel binary (UNIX itself)

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

/dev/devices (4)

MAKEDEV
shell script to create special files

MAKEDEV.local
site specific part of MAKEDEV

console
main console, tty(4)

tty∗terminals, tty(4)

hd∗disks, hd(4)

rhd∗raw disks, hd(4)

...

/bin/utility programs, cf /usr/bin/ (1)

asassembler

ccC compiler executive, cf /lib/ccom, /lib/cpp, /lib/c2

cshC shell

...

/lib/object libraries and other stuff, cf /usr/lib/

libc.asystem calls, standard I/O, etc. (2,3,3S)

...

ccomC compiler proper

cppC preprocessor

c2C code improver

...

/etc/essential data and maintenance utilities, cf /usr/etc/; sect (8)

dumpdump program dump(8)

passwd
password file, passwd(5)

groupgroup file, group(5)

motdmessage of the day, login(1)

termcap
description of terminal capabilities, termcap(5)

mtabmounted file table, mtab(5)

rmtabremotely mounted file table, rmtab(5)

dumpdates
dump history, dump(8)

fstabfile system configuration table fstab(5)

disktab
disk characteristics and partition tables, disktab(5)

hostshost name to network address mapping file, hosts(5)

networks
network name to network number mapping file, networks(5)

protocols
protocol name to protocol number mapping file, protocols(5)

services
network services definition file, services(5)

remote
names and description of remote hosts for tip(1C), remote(5)

phones
private phone numbers for remote hosts, as described in phones(5)

ttysproperties of terminals, ttys(5)

gettypart of login, getty(8)

initthe parent of all processes, init(8)

rcshell program to bring the system up

rc.local
site dependent portion of rc

cronthe clock daemon, cron(8)

mountmount(8)

yp/system yellow-pages directory

...

/sys/system source

h/header (include) files

acct.hacct(5)

stat.hstat(2)

...

sys/machine independent system source

init_main.c

uipc_socket.c

ufs_syscalls.c

...

conf/site configuration files

NEWS700

NEWS800

NEWS1700

NEWS1800

...

net/general network source

netinet/
DARPA Internet network source

netimp/
network code related to use of an IMP

if_imp.c

if_imphost.c

if_imphost.h

...

news/source specific to the NEWS

locore.s

machdep.c

...

newshbdev/
device drivers for hardware which resides on the HYPER bus

hb.c

...

newsiodev/
common device drivers for hardware

hd.c

tu.c

...

newsiop/
device drivers for hardware which resides on the I/O processor

iop.c

...

newsif/
network interface drivers for the NEWS

if_en.c

...

newsvme/
device drivers for hardware which resides on the VME bus

iop.c

...

/tmp/temporary files, usually on a fast device, cf /usr/tmp/

e∗used by ed(1)

ctm∗used by cc(1)

...

/private/
files which can not be shared among workstations, usually a mounted file system

usr/

adm/administrative information

wtmplogin history, utmp(5)

messages
hardware error messages

lpacctline printer accounting lpr(1)

crash/

etc/

yp/Yellow Pages database files, ypfiles(5)

guest/

wd initial working directory of a user, typically wd is the user’s login name

.profile
set environment for sh(1), environ(7)

.project
what you are doing (used by ( finger(1) )

.cshrc startup file for csh(1)

.exrc startup file for ex(1)

.plan what your short-term plans are (used by finger(1) )

.netrc startup file for various network programs

.msgsrc
startup file for msgs(1)

.mailrc
startup file for mail(1)

calendar
user’s datebook for calendar(1)

msgs/

preserve/
editor temporaries preserved here after crashes/hangups

spool/delayed execution files

at/used by at(1)

lpd/used by lpr(1)

lockpresent when line printer is active

cf∗copy of file to be printed, if necessary

df∗daemon control file, lpd(8)

tf∗transient control file, while lpr is working

uucp/work files and staging area for uucp(1C)

LOGFILE
summary log

LOG.∗log file for one transaction

mail/mailboxes for mail(1)

name mail file for user name

name.lock
lock file while name is receiving mail

mqueue/
mail queue for sendmail(8)

tmp/temporaries, to keep /tmp/ small

/public/
files which can be shared among workstations, usually a mounted file system

/usr/

bin/utility programs, to keep /bin/ small

tmp/symbolic link to /private/usr/tmp/

stm∗used by sort(1)

rasterused by plot(1G)

dict/word lists, etc. 

wordsprincipal word list, used by look(1)

spellhist
history file for spell(1)

etc/more system administration files and programs

yp/symbolic link to /private/usr/etc/yp/

games/

hangman

lib/library of stuff for the games

quiz.k/
what quiz(6) knows

indexcategory index

africacountries and capitals

...

...

...

include/
standard #include files

a.out.h
object file layout, a.out(5)

stdio.hstandard I/O, intro(3S)

math.h
(3M)

...

sys/system-defined layouts, cf /sys/h

net/symbolic link to sys/net/

machine/
symbolic link to sys/machine/

...

lib/object libraries and stuff, to keep /lib/ small

atrunscheduler for at(1)

lint/utility files for lint

lint[12]
subprocesses for lint(1)

llib-lcdummy declarations for /lib/libc.a, used by lint(1)

llib-lmdummy declarations for /lib/libc.m

...

struct/
passes of struct(1)

...

tmac/macros for troff(1),ditroff(1)

tmac.an
macros for man(7)

tmac.smacros for ms(7)

...

font/fonts for troff(1),ditroff(1)

ftRTimes Roman

ftBTimes Bold

...

uucp/programs and data for uucp(1C)

L.sysremote system names and numbers

uucicothe real copy program

...

unitsconversion tables for units(1)

eignlist of English words to be ignored by ptx(1)

man/

volume 1 of this manual, man(1)

man0/general

introintroduction to volume 1, ms(7) format

xxtemplate for manual page

man1/chapter 1

as.1

ls.1

...

...

cat1/preformatted pages for section 1

...

msgs/messages, cf msgs(1)

bounds
highest and lowest message

new/binaries of new versions of programs

preserve/
symbolic link to /private/usr/preserve/

public/
binaries of user programs − write permission to everyone

spool/symbolic link to /private/usr/spool/

doc/

ps1/programmer’s supplementary documents, volume 1

ps2/programmer’s supplementary documents, volume 2

smm/system manager’s manual

usd/user supplementary documents

X11/X-Window V11 documents

nfs/NFS services and so on

src/

source programs for utilities, etc. 

SEE ALSO

ls(1), apropos(1), whatis(1), whereis(1), finger(1), which(1), ncheck(8), find(1), grep(1)

BUGS

The position of files is subject to change without notice. 

NEWS-OSRelease 3.3