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+.\" $NetBSD: hier.7,v 1.7 1994/11/30 19:07:10 jtc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)hier.7 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 5, 1993
+.Dt HIER 7
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm hier
+.Nd layout of filesystems
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+A sketch of the filesystem hierarchy.
+.Bl -tag -width "/stand/"
+.It Li /
+root directory of the filesystem
+.It Li /bin/
+user utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
+.It Li /dev/
+block and character device files
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width MAKEDEV -compact
+.It Li MAKEDEV
+script for creating device files;
+see
+.Xr makedev 8
+.It Li fd/
+file descriptor files;
+see
+.Xr \&fd 4
+.El
+.It Li /etc/
+system configuration files and scripts
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "disklabels/" -compact
+.It Li localtime
+local timezone information;
+see
+.Xr ctime 3
+.It Li disklabels/
+backup disklabels;
+see
+.Xr disklabel 8
+.It Li kerberosIV/
+configuration files for the kerberos version IV;
+see
+.Xr kerberos 1
+.It Li mtree/
+mtree configuration files;
+see
+.Xr mtree 1
+.It Li namedb/
+named configuration files;
+see
+.Xr named 8
+.It Li uucp/
+UUCP configuration files;
+.El
+.It Li /mnt/
+empty directory commonly used by
+system administrators as a temporary mount point
+.It Li /netbsd
+pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory
+at boot time).
+.It Li /sbin/
+system programs and administration utilities
+fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
+.It Li /stand/
+programs used in a standalone environment
+.It Li /tmp/
+temporary files, usually a
+.Xr mfs 8
+memory-based filesystem (the contents
+of /tmp are usually NOT preserved across a system reboot)
+.It Li /usr/
+contains the majority of user utilities and applications
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "libdata/" -compact
+.It Li bin/
+common utilities, programming tools, and applications
+.It Li contrib/
+large packages contributed to Berkeley by outside parties
+.It Li games/
+useful and semi-frivolous programs
+.It Li include/
+standard C include files
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
+.It Li X11/
+C include files for X11 window system
+.It Li arpa/
+C include files for Internet service protocols
+.It Li kerberosIV/
+C include files for kerberos authentication package;
+see
+.Xr kerberos 1
+.It Li machine/
+machine specific C include files
+.It Li net/
+misc network C include files
+.It Li netimp/
+C include files for IMP protocols;
+see
+.Xr imp 4
+.It Li netinet/
+C include files for Internet standard protocols;
+see
+.Xr inet 4
+.It Li netiso/
+C include files for ISO standard protocols;
+see
+.Xr iso 4
+.It Li netns/
+C include files for XNS standard protocols;
+see
+.Xr \&ns 4
+.It Li nfs/
+C include files for NFS (Network File System)
+.It Li pascal/
+include files for pc 1
+.It Li protocols/
+C include files for Berkeley service protocols
+.It Li sys/
+system C include files (kernel data structures)
+.It Li ufs/
+C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
+.El
+.Pp
+.It Li lib/
+archive libraries
+.It Li libdata/
+misc. utility data files
+.It Li libexec/
+system daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs)
+.It Li local/
+local executables, libraries, etc.
+.It Li obj/
+architecture-specific target tree produced by building the /usr/src tree
+.It Li old/
+programs from past lives of BSD which may disappear in future
+releases
+.It Li sbin/
+system daemons & system utilities (executed by users)
+.It Li share/
+architecture-independent data files
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "calendar/" -compact
+.It Li calendar/
+a variety of pre-fab calendar files;
+see
+.Xr calendar 1
+.It Li dict/
+word lists;
+see
+.Xr look 1
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
+.It Li words
+common words
+.It Li web2
+words from Webster's 2nd International
+.It Li papers/
+reference databases;
+see
+.Xr refer 1
+.It Li special/
+custom word lists;
+see
+.Xr spell 1
+.El
+.Pp
+.It Li doc/
+misc documentation;
+src for most of the printed
+.Bx 4.3
+manuals (available
+from the
+.Tn USENIX
+association)
+.It Li games/
+ascii text files used by various games
+.It Li man/
+manual pages
+.It Li me/
+macros for use with the me macro package
+.It Li misc/
+misc system-wide ascii text files
+.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
+.It Li termcap
+terminal characteristics database;
+see
+.Xr termcap 5
+.El
+.It Li mk/
+templates for make;
+see
+.Xr make 1
+.It Li ms/
+macros for use with the ms macro package
+.It Li skel/
+example . (dot) files for new accounts
+.It Li tabset/
+tab description files for a variety of terminals; used in
+the termcap file;
+see
+.Xr termcap 5
+.It Li tmac/
+text processing macros;
+see
+.Xr nroff 1
+and
+.Xr troff 1
+.It Li zoneinfo/
+timezone configuration information;
+see
+.Xr tzfile 5
+.El
+.Pp
+.It Li src/
+BSD and/or local source files
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
+.It Li bin/
+src for files in /bin
+.It Li contrib/
+src for files in /usr/contrib
+.It Li etc/
+src for files in /etc
+.It Li games/
+src for files in /usr/games
+.It Li include/
+src for files in /usr/include
+.It Li kerberosIV/
+src for kerberos version IV
+.It Li lib/
+src for files in /usr/lib
+.It Li libexec/
+src for files in /usr/libexec
+.It Li local/
+src for files in /usr/local
+.It Li old/
+src for files in /usr/old
+.It Li pgrm/
+src for programming tools in /usr/bin
+.It Li sbin/
+src for files in /sbin
+.It Li share/
+src for files in /usr/share
+.It Li sys/
+kernel src files
+.It Li usr.bin/
+src for files in /usr/bin
+.It Li usr.sbin/
+src for files in /usr/sbin
+.El
+.El
+.It Li /var/
+multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
+.It Li account/
+system accounting files
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
+.It Li acct
+execution accounting file;
+see
+.Xr acct 5
+.El
+.Pp
+.It Li at/
+timed command scheduling files;
+see
+.Xr \&at 1
+.It Li backups/
+misc. backup files
+.It Li db/
+misc. automatically generated system-specific database files
+.It Li games/
+misc. game status and log files
+.It Li log/
+misc. system log files
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
+.It Li wtmp
+login/logout log;
+see
+.Xr wtmp 5
+.El
+.Pp
+.It Li mail/
+user mailbox files
+.It Li preserve/
+temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death
+of an editor;
+see
+.Xr \&ex 1
+.It Li quotas/
+filesystem quota information files
+.It Li run/
+system information files describing various info about
+system since it was booted
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
+.It Li utmp
+database of current users;
+see
+.Xr utmp 5
+.El
+.Pp
+.It Li rwho/
+rwho data files;
+see
+.Xr rwhod 8 ,
+.Xr rwho 1 ,
+and
+.Xr ruptime 1
+.It Li spool/
+misc. printer and mail system spooling directories
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
+.It Li ftp/
+commonly ~ftp; the anonymous ftp root directory
+.It Li mqueue/
+undelivered mail queue;
+see
+.Xr sendmail 8
+.It Li output/
+line printer spooling directories
+.It Li secretmail/
+secretmail spool directory;
+see
+.Xr xget 1
+.It Li uucp/
+uucp spool directory
+.It Li uucppublic/
+commonly ~uucp; public uucp temporary directory
+.El
+.Pp
+.It Li tmp/
+temporary files that are kept between system reboots
+.El
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr \&ls 1 ,
+.Xr apropos 1 ,
+.Xr whatis 1 ,
+.Xr whereis 1 ,
+.Xr finger 1 ,
+.Xr which 1 ,
+.Xr find 1 ,
+.Xr grep 1 ,
+.Xr fsck 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Nm hier
+manual page appeared in
+.At v7 .