HIER

NAME

DESCRIPTION

/

root directory of the filesystem

/bin/

user utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments

/dev/

block and character device files

MAKEDEV

script for creating device files; see makedev(8)

fd/

file descriptor files; see fd4

/etc/

system configuration files and scripts

localtime

local timezone information; see ctime(3)

disklabels/

backup disklabels; see disklabel(8)

kerberosIV/

configuration files for the kerberos version IV; see kerberos(1)

mtree/

mtree configuration files; see mtree(1)

namedb/

named configuration files; see named(8)

uucp/

UUCP configuration files;

/mnt/

empty directory commonly used by system administrators as a temporary mount point

/netbsd

pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory at boot time).

/sbin/

system programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments

/stand/

programs used in a standalone environment

/tmp/

temporary files, usually a mfs(8) memory-based filesystem (the contents of /tmp are usually NOT preserved across a system reboot)

/usr/

contains the majority of user utilities and applications

bin/

common utilities, programming tools, and applications

contrib/

large packages contributed to Berkeley by outside parties

games/

useful and semi-frivolous programs

include/

standard C include files

X11/

C include files for X11 window system

arpa/

C include files for Internet service protocols

kerberosIV/

C include files for kerberos authentication package; see kerberos(1)

machine/

machine specific C include files

net/

misc network C include files

netimp/

C include files for IMP protocols; see imp(4)

netinet/

C include files for Internet standard protocols; see inet(4)

netiso/

C include files for ISO standard protocols; see iso(4)

netns/

C include files for XNS standard protocols; see ns4

nfs/

C include files for NFS (Network File System)

pascal/

include files for pc 1

protocols/

C include files for Berkeley service protocols

sys/

system C include files (kernel data structures)

ufs/

C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)

lib/

archive libraries

libdata/

misc. utility data files

libexec/

system daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs)

local/

local executables, libraries, etc.

obj/

architecture-specific target tree produced by building the /usr/src tree

old/

programs from past lives of BSD which may disappear in future releases

sbin/

system daemons & system utilities (executed by users)

share/

architecture-independent data files

calendar/

a variety of pre-fab calendar files; see calendar(1)

dict/

word lists; see look(1)

words

common words

web2

words from Webster's 2nd International

papers/

reference databases; see refer(1)

special/

custom word lists; see spell(1)

doc/

misc documentation; src for most of the printed BSD 4.3 manuals (available from the USENIX association)

games/

ascii text files used by various games

man/

manual pages

me/

macros for use with the me macro package

misc/

misc system-wide ascii text files

termcap

terminal characteristics database; see termcap(5)

mk/

templates for make; see make(1)

ms/

macros for use with the ms macro package

skel/

example . (dot) files for new accounts

tabset/

tab description files for a variety of terminals; used in the termcap file; see termcap(5)

tmac/

text processing macros; see nroff(1) and troff(1)

zoneinfo/

timezone configuration information; see tzfile(5)

src/

BSD and/or local source files

bin/

src for files in /bin

contrib/

src for files in /usr/contrib

etc/

src for files in /etc

games/

src for files in /usr/games

include/

src for files in /usr/include

kerberosIV/

src for kerberos version IV

lib/

src for files in /usr/lib

libexec/

src for files in /usr/libexec

local/

src for files in /usr/local

old/

src for files in /usr/old

pgrm/

src for programming tools in /usr/bin

sbin/

src for files in /sbin

share/

src for files in /usr/share

sys/

kernel src files

usr.bin/

src for files in /usr/bin

usr.sbin/

src for files in /usr/sbin

/var/

multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files

account/

system accounting files

acct

execution accounting file; see acct(5)

at/

timed command scheduling files; see at1

backups/

misc. backup files

db/

misc. automatically generated system-specific database files

games/

misc. game status and log files

log/

misc. system log files

wtmp

login/logout log; see wtmp(5)

mail/

user mailbox files

preserve/

temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of an editor; see ex1

quotas/

filesystem quota information files

run/

system information files describing various info about system since it was booted

utmp

database of current users; see utmp(5)

rwho/

rwho data files; see rwhod(8), rwho(1), and ruptime(1)

spool/

misc. printer and mail system spooling directories

ftp/

commonly ~ftp; the anonymous ftp root directory

mqueue/

undelivered mail queue; see sendmail(8)

output/

line printer spooling directories

secretmail/

secretmail spool directory; see xget(1)

uucp/

uucp spool directory

uucppublic/

commonly ~uucp; public uucp temporary directory

tmp/

temporary files that are kept between system reboots

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