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3fbd3ae9 | 31 | .Dd February 19, 2023 |
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32 | .Dt HIER 7 |
33 | .Os | |
34 | .Sh NAME | |
35 | .Nm hier | |
36 | .Nd layout of filesystems | |
37 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
38 | A sketch of the filesystem hierarchy. | |
52eff785 | 39 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa /modules/" |
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40 | .It Pa / |
41 | root directory of the filesystem | |
42 | .It Pa /bin/ | |
43 | user utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments | |
44 | .It Pa /boot/ | |
45 | programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap | |
46 | .Pp | |
fed9a38f | 47 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa modules.local/" -compact |
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48 | .It Pa defaults/ |
49 | default bootstrapping configuration files; see | |
50 | .Xr loader.conf 5 | |
6d83fff9 | 51 | .It Pa kernel/ |
8e1c6f81 | 52 | pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory |
6d83fff9 | 53 | at boot time) and loadable kernel modules; |
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54 | see |
55 | .Xr kldstat 8 | |
fed9a38f | 56 | .It Pa modules.local/ |
57 | local loadable kernel modules and wrapped external firmware images; see | |
58 | .Xr firmware 9 | |
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59 | .El |
60 | .It Pa /dev/ | |
61 | block and character device files | |
62 | .Pp | |
2c272516 | 63 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa fd/" -compact |
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64 | .It Pa fd/ |
65 | file descriptor files; | |
66 | see | |
6e226904 | 67 | .Xr fd 4 |
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68 | .El |
69 | .It Pa /etc/ | |
70 | system configuration files and scripts | |
71 | .Pp | |
faf56202 | 72 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa bluetooth/" -compact |
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73 | .It Pa autofs/ |
74 | shell scripts to implement special maps and directory services via | |
75 | .Xr autofs 5 | |
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76 | .It Pa bluetooth/ |
77 | bluetooth configuration files | |
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78 | .It Pa calendar/ |
79 | system-wide | |
80 | .Xr calendar 1 | |
81 | files | |
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82 | .It Pa defaults/ |
83 | default system configuration files; | |
84 | see | |
85 | .Xr rc 8 | |
da718836 | 86 | .It Pa devd/ |
87 | hardware specific | |
88 | .Xr devd 8 | |
89 | configuration files | |
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90 | .It Pa dma/ |
91 | .Xr dma 8 | |
92 | configuration files | |
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93 | .It Pa localtime |
94 | local timezone information; | |
95 | see | |
96 | .Xr ctime 3 | |
97 | .It Pa mail/ | |
98 | Sendmail control files | |
99 | .It Pa mtree/ | |
100 | mtree configuration files; | |
101 | see | |
102 | .Xr mtree 8 | |
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103 | .It Pa pam.d/ |
104 | configuration files for the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) | |
105 | library | |
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106 | .It Pa periodic/ |
107 | scripts that are run daily, weekly, and monthly, via | |
108 | .Xr cron 8 ; | |
109 | see | |
110 | .Xr periodic 8 | |
111 | .It Pa ppp/ | |
112 | ppp configuration files; | |
113 | see | |
114 | .Xr ppp 8 | |
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115 | .It Pa rc.d/ |
116 | System and daemon startup/control scripts; | |
117 | see | |
118 | .Xr rc 8 | |
119 | .It Pa ssh/ | |
120 | OpenSSH configuration files; | |
121 | see | |
122 | .Xr ssh 1 | |
984263bc | 123 | .It Pa ssl/ |
718fb206 | 124 | LibreSSL configuration files |
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125 | .It Pa upgrade/ |
126 | Files relevant to system upgrades | |
984263bc | 127 | .El |
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128 | .It Pa /home/ |
129 | HOME directories of non-root users | |
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130 | .It Pa /lib/ |
131 | critical system libraries needed for binaries in | |
132 | .Pa /bin | |
133 | and | |
134 | .Pa /sbin | |
135 | .It Pa /libexec/ | |
136 | critical system utilities needed for binaries in | |
137 | .Pa /bin | |
138 | and | |
139 | .Pa /sbin | |
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140 | .It Pa /mnt/ |
141 | empty directory commonly used by | |
142 | system administrators as a temporary mount point | |
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143 | .It Pa /net/ |
144 | automounted NFS shares; | |
145 | see | |
146 | .Xr auto_master 5 | |
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147 | .It Pa /pfs/ |
148 | pseudo file system directory (on | |
149 | .Xr hammer 5 | |
150 | root file systems) | |
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151 | .It Pa /proc/ |
152 | process file system; | |
153 | see | |
154 | .Xr procfs 5 , | |
155 | .Xr mount_procfs 8 | |
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156 | .It Pa /rescue/ |
157 | statically linked rescue tools, see | |
158 | .Xr initrd 7 | |
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159 | .It Pa /root/ |
160 | root's HOME directory | |
161 | .It Pa /sbin/ | |
162 | system programs and administration utilities | |
163 | fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments | |
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164 | .It Pa /sys/ |
165 | the kernel's source code (usually a symbolic link to | |
166 | .Pa /usr/src/sys ) | |
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167 | .It Pa /tmp/ |
168 | temporary files that are not guaranteed to persist across system reboots | |
169 | .It Pa /usr/ | |
170 | contains the majority of user utilities and applications | |
171 | .Pp | |
52eff785 | 172 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa libdata/" -compact |
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173 | .It Pa bin/ |
174 | common utilities, programming tools, and applications | |
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175 | .It Pa dports/ |
176 | The | |
177 | .Dx | |
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178 | .Xr dports 7 |
179 | collection (optional). | |
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180 | .It Pa games/ |
181 | useful and semi-frivolous programs | |
182 | .It Pa include/ | |
183 | standard C include files | |
184 | .Pp | |
14aee204 | 185 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa protocols/" -compact |
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186 | .It Pa arpa/ |
187 | C include files for Internet service protocols | |
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188 | .It Pa bus/ |
189 | C include files for programming various | |
190 | .Dx | |
191 | buses | |
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192 | .It Pa c++/ |
193 | C++ include files | |
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194 | .It Pa compat/ |
195 | C include files for compatibility with code ported from other | |
196 | operating systems | |
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197 | .It Pa dev/ |
198 | C include files for programming various | |
9bb2a92d | 199 | .Dx |
984263bc | 200 | devices |
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201 | .It Pa libprop/ |
202 | C include files for libprop | |
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203 | .It Pa machine/ |
204 | machine-specific C include files | |
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205 | .It Pa net/ |
206 | misc network C include files | |
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207 | .It Pa netinet/ |
208 | C include files for Internet standard protocols; | |
209 | see | |
210 | .Xr inet 4 | |
211 | .It Pa netinet6/ | |
212 | C include files for Internet protocol version 6; | |
213 | see | |
214 | .Xr inet6 4 | |
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215 | .It Pa netsmb/ |
216 | SMB/CIFS requester | |
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217 | .It Pa pcap/ |
218 | Packet Capture (libpcap) headers; | |
219 | see | |
220 | .Xr pcap 3 | |
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221 | .It Pa protocols/ |
222 | C include files for Berkeley service protocols | |
223 | .It Pa readline/ | |
224 | get a line from a user, with editing; | |
225 | see | |
226 | .Xr readline 3 | |
227 | .It Pa rpc/ | |
228 | remote procedure calls; | |
229 | see | |
230 | .Xr rpc 3 | |
231 | .It Pa rpcsvc/ | |
232 | definition of RPC service structures; see | |
233 | .Xr rpc 3 | |
234 | .It Pa security/ | |
235 | PAM; see | |
dfc0c85a | 236 | .Xr pam 3 |
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237 | .It Pa sys/ |
238 | system C include files (kernel data structures) | |
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239 | .It Pa vfs/ |
240 | C include files for various file systems | |
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241 | .It Pa vm/ |
242 | virtual memory; | |
243 | see | |
244 | .Xr vmstat 8 | |
245 | .El | |
246 | .Pp | |
247 | .It Pa lib/ | |
248 | archive libraries | |
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249 | .It Pa libdata/ |
250 | misc. utility data files | |
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251 | .It Pa libexec/ |
252 | system daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs) | |
f97cf1ca | 253 | .Pp |
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254 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa binutils234/" -compact |
255 | .It Pa binutils227/ | |
f97cf1ca | 256 | .Pp |
0fdf3cc4 | 257 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa bfd-plugins/" -compact |
258 | .It Pa bfd-plugins/ | |
259 | linker plugins | |
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260 | .It Pa ldscripts/ |
261 | linker scripts; | |
262 | see | |
263 | .Xr ld 1 | |
264 | .El | |
265 | .Pp | |
872a09d5 | 266 | .It Pa binutils234/ |
37c5a0db | 267 | .Pp |
0fdf3cc4 | 268 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa bfd-plugins/" -compact |
269 | .It Pa bfd-plugins/ | |
270 | linker plugins | |
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271 | .It Pa ldscripts/ |
272 | linker scripts; | |
273 | see | |
274 | .Xr ld 1 | |
275 | .El | |
276 | .Pp | |
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277 | .It Pa lpr/ |
278 | utilities and filters for LP print system; | |
279 | see | |
280 | .Xr lpr 1 | |
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281 | .El |
282 | .Pp | |
283 | .It Pa local/ | |
284 | local executables, libraries, etc. | |
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285 | Also used as the default destination for the |
286 | .Dx | |
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287 | .Xr dports 7 |
288 | framework. | |
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289 | Within |
290 | .Pa local/ , | |
291 | the general layout sketched out by | |
bab5cbb7 | 292 | .Nm |
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293 | for |
294 | .Pa /usr | |
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295 | should be used. |
296 | Exceptions are the | |
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297 | .Pa man |
298 | directory | |
299 | .Po directly under | |
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300 | .Pa local/ |
301 | rather than under | |
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302 | .Pa local/share/ Ns Pc , |
303 | ports documentation | |
304 | .Po in | |
305 | .Pa share/doc/<port>/ Ns Pc , | |
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306 | and |
307 | .Pa /usr/local/etc | |
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308 | .Po mimics |
309 | .Pa /etc Ns Pc . | |
984263bc | 310 | .It Pa obj/ |
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311 | architecture-specific target tree produced by building the |
312 | .Pa /usr/src | |
313 | tree | |
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314 | .It Pa sbin/ |
315 | system daemons & system utilities (executed by users) | |
316 | .It Pa share/ | |
317 | architecture-independent files | |
318 | .Pp | |
1419a4e1 | 319 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa installer/" -compact |
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320 | .It Pa calendar/ |
321 | a variety of pre-fab calendar files; | |
322 | see | |
323 | .Xr calendar 1 | |
324 | .It Pa dict/ | |
325 | word lists; | |
326 | see | |
327 | .Xr look 1 | |
328 | .Pp | |
52eff785 | 329 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa papers/" -compact |
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330 | .It Pa web2 |
331 | words from Webster's 2nd International | |
332 | .It Pa words | |
333 | common words | |
334 | .It Pa papers/ | |
335 | reference databases; | |
336 | see | |
337 | .Xr refer 1 | |
338 | .El | |
339 | .Pp | |
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340 | .It Pa doc/ |
341 | miscellaneous documentation | |
6814cb0e | 342 | .Pp |
75f498bd | 343 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa legal/" -compact |
20b74b68 | 344 | .It Pa legal/ |
566ca746 | 345 | License files for vendor supplied firmware |
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346 | .El |
347 | .Pp | |
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348 | .It Pa dsynth/ |
349 | .Xr dsynth 1 | |
350 | scripts | |
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351 | .It Pa examples/ |
352 | various examples for users and programmers | |
353 | .It Pa games/ | |
354 | ASCII text files used by various games | |
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355 | .It Pa i18n/ |
356 | internationalization databases; see | |
357 | .Xr iconv 3 | |
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358 | .It Pa info/ |
359 | GNU Info hypertext system | |
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360 | .It Pa libg++/ |
361 | libg++'s genclass prototype/template class files | |
362 | .It Pa locale/ | |
363 | localization files; | |
364 | see | |
365 | .Xr setlocale 3 | |
366 | .It Pa man/ | |
367 | manual pages | |
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368 | .It Pa misc/ |
369 | misc system-wide ASCII text files | |
f97cf1ca | 370 | .Pp |
52eff785 | 371 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa termcap" -compact |
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372 | .It Pa termcap |
373 | terminal characteristics database; | |
374 | see | |
375 | .Xr termcap 5 | |
376 | .El | |
f97cf1ca | 377 | .Pp |
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378 | .It Pa mk/ |
379 | templates for make; | |
380 | see | |
381 | .Xr make 1 | |
382 | .It Pa nls/ | |
383 | national language support files; | |
384 | see | |
52633ed6 | 385 | .Xr nls 7 |
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386 | .It Pa sendmail/ |
387 | sendmail configuration files; | |
388 | see | |
389 | .Xr sendmail 8 | |
390 | .It Pa skel/ | |
391 | example . (dot) files for new accounts | |
392 | .It Pa syscons/ | |
28feafc7 | 393 | files used by |
984263bc | 394 | .Xr syscons 4 |
f97cf1ca | 395 | .Pp |
52eff785 | 396 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa scrnmaps/" -compact |
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397 | .It Pa fonts/ |
398 | console fonts; | |
399 | see | |
400 | .Xr vidcontrol 1 | |
401 | and | |
402 | .Xr vidfont 1 | |
403 | .It Pa keymaps/ | |
404 | console keyboard maps; | |
405 | see | |
406 | .Xr kbdcontrol 1 | |
407 | and | |
408 | .Xr kbdmap 1 | |
409 | .It Pa scrnmaps/ | |
410 | console screen maps | |
411 | .El | |
f97cf1ca | 412 | .Pp |
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413 | .It Pa tabset/ |
414 | tab description files for a variety of terminals; used in | |
415 | the termcap file; | |
416 | see | |
417 | .Xr termcap 5 | |
8d1090ab | 418 | .It Pa terminfo/ |
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419 | compiled |
420 | .Xr terminfo 5 | |
421 | database files | |
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422 | .It Pa vi/ |
423 | localization support and utilities for | |
424 | .Xr vi 1 | |
425 | .It Pa zoneinfo/ | |
426 | timezone configuration information; | |
427 | see | |
428 | .Xr tzfile 5 | |
429 | .El | |
f97cf1ca | 430 | .Pp |
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431 | .It Pa src/ |
432 | .Bx , | |
433 | third-party, and/or local source files | |
434 | .Pp | |
32c20b8b | 435 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa nrelease/" -compact |
984263bc | 436 | .It Pa bin/ |
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437 | source code for files in |
438 | .Pa /bin | |
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439 | .It Pa contrib/ |
440 | source code for contributed software | |
441 | .It Pa crypto/ | |
442 | source code for contributed cryptography software | |
443 | .It Pa etc/ | |
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444 | source code for files in |
445 | .Pa /etc | |
984263bc | 446 | .It Pa games/ |
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447 | source code for files in |
448 | .Pa /usr/games | |
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449 | .It Pa gnu/ |
450 | Utilities covered by the GNU General Public License | |
451 | .It Pa include/ | |
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452 | source code for files in |
453 | .Pa /usr/include | |
984263bc | 454 | .It Pa lib/ |
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455 | source code for files in |
456 | .Pa /usr/lib | |
984263bc | 457 | .It Pa libexec/ |
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458 | source code for files in |
459 | .Pa /usr/libexec | |
f97cf1ca | 460 | .It Pa nrelease/ |
984263bc | 461 | files required to produce a |
9bb2a92d | 462 | .Dx |
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463 | release |
464 | .It Pa sbin/ | |
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465 | source code for files in |
466 | .Pa /sbin | |
984263bc | 467 | .It Pa share/ |
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468 | source for files in |
469 | .Pa /usr/share | |
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470 | .It Pa stand/ |
471 | source code for files in | |
472 | .Pa /boot | |
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473 | .It Pa sys/ |
474 | kernel source code | |
475 | .It Pa tools/ | |
476 | tools used for maintenance and testing of | |
9bb2a92d | 477 | .Dx |
984263bc | 478 | .It Pa usr.bin/ |
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479 | source code for files in |
480 | .Pa /usr/bin | |
984263bc | 481 | .It Pa usr.sbin/ |
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482 | source code for files in |
483 | .Pa /usr/sbin | |
984263bc | 484 | .El |
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485 | .El |
486 | .It Pa /var/ | |
487 | multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files | |
488 | .Pp | |
52eff785 | 489 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa preserve/" -compact |
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490 | .It Pa account/ |
491 | system accounting files | |
492 | .Pp | |
52eff785 | 493 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa acct" -compact |
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494 | .It Pa acct |
495 | execution accounting file; | |
496 | see | |
497 | .Xr acct 5 | |
498 | .El | |
499 | .Pp | |
500 | .It Pa at/ | |
501 | timed command scheduling files; | |
502 | see | |
6e226904 | 503 | .Xr at 1 |
f97cf1ca | 504 | .Pp |
52eff785 | 505 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa spool/" -compact |
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506 | .It Pa jobs/ |
507 | directory containing job files | |
508 | .It Pa spool/ | |
509 | directory containing output spool files | |
510 | .El | |
511 | .Pp | |
512 | .It Pa backups/ | |
513 | misc. backup files | |
514 | .It Pa crash/ | |
515 | default directory to store kernel crash dumps; see | |
516 | .Xr crash 8 | |
517 | and | |
518 | .Xr savecore 8 | |
519 | .It Pa cron/ | |
520 | files used by cron; | |
521 | see | |
522 | .Xr cron 8 | |
f97cf1ca | 523 | .Pp |
52eff785 | 524 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa tabs/" -compact |
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525 | .It Pa tabs/ |
526 | crontab files; | |
527 | see | |
528 | .Xr crontab 5 | |
529 | .El | |
530 | .Pp | |
531 | .It Pa db/ | |
532 | misc. automatically generated system-specific database files | |
533 | .It Pa empty/ | |
a009fae0 | 534 | empty directory used by |
984263bc | 535 | .Xr sshd 8 |
a009fae0 | 536 | for privilege separation |
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537 | .It Pa games/ |
538 | misc. game status and score files | |
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539 | .It Pa hammer/ |
540 | per PFS (pseudo file system) snapshots directory for | |
541 | .Xr hammer 5 | |
542 | file systems | |
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543 | .It Pa log/ |
544 | misc. system log files | |
545 | .Pp | |
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546 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa wtmpx" -compact |
547 | .It Pa wtmpx | |
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548 | login/logout log; |
549 | see | |
25606b42 | 550 | .Xr wtmpx 5 |
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551 | .El |
552 | .Pp | |
553 | .It Pa mail/ | |
554 | user mailbox files | |
555 | .It Pa msgs/ | |
556 | system messages database; | |
557 | see | |
558 | .Xr msgs 1 | |
559 | .It Pa preserve/ | |
560 | temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death | |
561 | of an editor; | |
562 | see | |
6e226904 | 563 | .Xr ex 1 |
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564 | .It Pa quotas/ |
565 | filesystem quota information files | |
566 | .It Pa run/ | |
567 | system information files describing various info about | |
568 | system since it was booted | |
569 | .Pp | |
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570 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa resolvconf/" -compact |
571 | .It Pa dhcpcd/ | |
572 | for storing files by | |
573 | .Xr dhcpcd 8 | |
574 | hooks | |
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575 | .It Pa ppp/ |
576 | writable by the | |
577 | .Dq network | |
578 | group for command connection sockets; see | |
579 | .Xr ppp 8 | |
9bf5f312 | 580 | .It Pa resolvconf/ |
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581 | state directory for |
582 | .Xr resolvconf 8 | |
25606b42 | 583 | .It Pa utmpx |
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584 | database of current users; |
585 | see | |
25606b42 | 586 | .Xr utmpx 5 |
1a09a5c7 | 587 | .It Pa sem/ |
9a54c5bb | 588 | rendez-vous files for POSIX named semaphores; |
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589 | see |
590 | .Xr sem_open 3 | |
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591 | .It Pa shm/ |
592 | files associated with POSIX shared memory objects; | |
593 | see | |
594 | .Xr shm_open 3 | |
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595 | .El |
596 | .Pp | |
597 | .It Pa rwho/ | |
598 | rwho data files; | |
599 | see | |
600 | .Xr rwhod 8 , | |
601 | .Xr rwho 1 , | |
602 | and | |
603 | .Xr ruptime 1 | |
604 | .It Pa spool/ | |
605 | misc. printer and mail system spooling directories | |
606 | .Pp | |
533775e9 | 607 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa mqueue/" -compact |
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608 | .It Pa dma/ |
609 | undelivered mail queue; | |
610 | see | |
611 | .Xr dma 8 | |
984263bc | 612 | .It Pa ftp/ |
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613 | commonly |
614 | .Pa ~ftp ; | |
615 | the anonymous ftp root directory | |
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616 | .It Pa mqueue/ |
617 | undelivered mail queue; | |
618 | see | |
619 | .Xr sendmail 8 | |
620 | .It Pa output/ | |
621 | line printer spooling directories | |
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622 | .El |
623 | .Pp | |
624 | .It Pa tmp/ | |
625 | temporary files that are kept between system reboots | |
f97cf1ca | 626 | .Pp |
52eff785 | 627 | .Bl -tag -width ".Pa vi.recover/" -compact |
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628 | .It Pa vi.recover/ |
629 | the directory where recovery files are stored | |
630 | .El | |
f97cf1ca | 631 | .Pp |
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632 | .It Pa yp/ |
633 | the NIS maps | |
634 | .El | |
635 | .El | |
636 | .Sh NOTES | |
637 | This manual page documents the default | |
9bb2a92d | 638 | .Dx |
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639 | filesystem layout, but |
640 | the actual hierarchy on a given system is defined at the system | |
641 | administrator's discretion. | |
642 | A well-maintained installation will include a customized version of | |
643 | this document. | |
644 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
645 | .Xr apropos 1 , | |
646 | .Xr find 1 , | |
647 | .Xr finger 1 , | |
648 | .Xr grep 1 , | |
649 | .Xr ls 1 , | |
650 | .Xr whatis 1 , | |
651 | .Xr whereis 1 , | |
652 | .Xr which 1 , | |
653 | .Xr fsck 8 | |
654 | .Sh HISTORY | |
655 | A | |
656 | .Nm | |
657 | manual page appeared in | |
658 | .At v7 . |