NAME

hier — layout of filesystems

DESCRIPTION

The filesystem hierarchy is as follows:

/

Root directory.

/bin

Programs.

/boot

Boot programs, kernel(7), initrd(7), bootloader.

/dev

Devices.

/etc

System-wide configuration.

/etc/default

Read-only fallback default configuration files.

/etc/examples

Sample configuration files.

/home

User directories.

/include

Development headers.

/lib

Development libraries.

/libexec

Non-user programs.

/mnt

User mountpoints.

/root

Directory of the root user.

/sbin

System programs.

/share

Architecture independent files.

/src

System source code.

/sysmerge

Temporary area for sysmerge(8) delayed upgrades.

/tix

Package management.

/tmp

Temporary files that are cleaned on boot.

/usr

Symlink to the current directory.

/var

Variable data files.

/var/cache

Cached application data that can be removed without data loss.

/var/empty

Empty directory.

/var/log

Log files.

/var/run

Runtime program data that is cleaned on boot.

SEE ALSO

user-guide(7)