man/man7/hier.7

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.\"	@(#)hier.7	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
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.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 Pa /
root directory of the filesystem
.It Pa /bin/
user utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
.It Pa /boot/
programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width defaults/ -compact
.It Pa defaults/
default bootstrapping configuration files; see
.Xr loader.conf 5
.It Pa kernel/
pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory
at boot time).
.It Pa modules/
third-party loadable kernel modules;
see
.Xr kldstat 8
.El
.It Pa /cdrom/
default mount point for CD-ROM drives
(created by
.Xr sysinstall 8 )
.It Pa /compat/
normally a link to
.Pa /usr/compat .
If not, then the
.Pa /usr/compat
comments apply
(created by
.Xr sysinstall 8 )
.It Pa /dev/
block and character device files
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width MAKEDEV -compact
.It Pa MAKEDEV
script for creating device files;
see
.Xr MAKEDEV 8
.It Pa fd/
file descriptor files;
see
.Xr \&fd 4
.El
.It Pa /dist/
mount point used by
.Xr sysinstall 8
.It Pa /etc/
system configuration files and scripts
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "disklabels/" -compact
.It Pa defaults/
default system configuration files;
see
.Xr rc 8
.It Pa gnats/
gnats configuration files;
see
.Xr send-pr 1
.It Pa isdn/
isdn4bsd configuration files;
see
.Xr isdnd 8
.It Pa kerberosIV/
configuration files for kerberos version IV;
see
.Xr kerberos 1
.It Pa localtime
local timezone information;
see
.Xr ctime 3
.It Pa mail/
Sendmail control files
.It Pa mtree/
mtree configuration files;
see
.Xr mtree 8
.It Pa namedb/
named configuration files;
see
.Xr named 8
.It Pa pam.d/
configuration files for the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
library;
see
.Xr pam 8
.It Pa periodic/
scripts that are run daily, weekly, and monthly, via
.Xr cron 8 ;
see
.Xr periodic 8
.It Pa ppp/
ppp configuration files;
see
.Xr ppp 8
.It Pa ssl/
OpenSSL configuration files
.El
.It Pa /mnt/
empty directory commonly used by
system administrators as a temporary mount point
.It Pa /proc/
process filesystem;
see
.Xr procfs 5 ,
.Xr mount_procfs 8
.It Pa /root/
root's HOME directory
.It Pa /sbin/
system programs and administration utilities
fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
.It Pa /stand/
programs used in a standalone environment
.It Pa /tmp/
temporary files that are not guaranteed to persist across system reboots
.It Pa /usr/
contains the majority of user utilities and applications
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "libdata/" -compact
.It Pa bin/
common utilities, programming tools, and applications
.It Pa compat/
files needed to support binary compatibility with other operating systems,
such as Linux
(created by
.Xr sysinstall 8 )
.It Pa games/
useful and semi-frivolous programs
.It Pa heimdal/
kerberos server databases; see
.Xr kdc 8
.It Pa include/
standard C include files
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.It Pa arpa/
C include files for Internet service protocols
.It Pa cam/
C include files for the Common Access Methods Layer
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.It scsi/
The SCSI device on top of CAM
.El
.It Pa dev/
C include files for programming various
.Fx
devices
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.It Pa ic/
Various header files describing driver- and bus-independent
hardware circuits
.It Pa ofw/
OpenFirmware support
.It Pa ppbus/
The parallel port bus;
see
.Xr ppbus 4
.It Pa usb/
The USB subsystem
.It Pa wi/
The
.Xr wi 4
WaveLAN driver
.El
.It Pa fs/
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.It Pa fdescfs/
per-process file descriptors filesystem
.It Pa fifofs/
.St -p1003.1
FIFOs filesystem
.It Pa msdosfs/
MS-DOS filesystem
.It Pa ntfs/
NTFS filesystem
.It Pa nullfs/
loopback filesystem
.It Pa nwfs/
NetWare filesystem
.It Pa portalfs/
portal filesystem
.It Pa procfs/
process filesystem
.It Pa smbfs/
SMB/CIFS filesystem
.It Pa umapfs/
alternate uid/gid mappings filesystem
.It Pa unionfs
union filesystem
.El
.It Pa g++/
GNU C++ include files
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.It Pa std/
GNU C++ libstdc++ include files
.El
.It Pa isc/
ISC utility library libisc include files
.It Pa isofs/
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.It Pa cd9660/
iso9660 filesystem
.El
.It Pa kerberosIV/
C include files for kerberos authentication package;
see
.Xr kerberos 1
.It Pa libmilter/
C include files for libmilter,
the
.Xr sendmail 8
mail filter API
.It Pa machine/
machine-specific C include files
.It Pa net/
misc network C include files
.It Pa netatalk/
Appletalk protocol
.It Pa netatm/
ATM include files;
see
.Xr atm 8
.It Pa netinet/
C include files for Internet standard protocols;
see
.Xr inet 4
.It Pa netinet6/
C include files for Internet protocol version 6;
see
.Xr inet6 4
.It Pa netipx/
IPX/SPX protocol stacks
.It Pa netkey/
kernel key-management service
.It Pa netns/
Xerox NS protocols
.It Pa netsmb/
SMB/CIFS requester
.It Pa netnatm/
NATM include files;
see
.Xr natm 4
.It Pa nfs/
C include files for NFS (Network File System)
.It Pa objc/
Objective C include files
.It Pa openssl/
OpenSSL (Cryptography/SSL toolkit) headers
.It Pa pccard/
PC-CARD controllers
.It Pa posix4/
POSIX real-time extensions includes;
see
.Xr p1003_1b 9
.It Pa protocols/
C include files for Berkeley service protocols
.It Pa readline/
get a line from a user, with editing;
see
.Xr readline 3
.It Pa rpc/
remote procedure calls;
see
.Xr rpc 3
.It Pa rpcsvc/
definition of RPC service structures; see
.Xr rpc 3
.It Pa security/
PAM; see
.Xr pam 8
.It Pa sys/
system C include files (kernel data structures)
.\" .It Pa tcl/
.\" Tcl language;
.\" see
.\" .Xr Tcl n
.\" .Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.\" .It Pa generic/
.\" ???
.\" .It Pa unix/
.\" ???
.\" .El
.It Pa ufs/
C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.It Pa ffs/
Fast filesystem
.It Pa ufs/
UFS filesystem
.El
.It Pa vm/
virtual memory;
see
.Xr vmstat 8
.El
.Pp
.It Pa lib/
archive libraries
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa aout/
a.out archive libraries
.It Pa compat/
shared libraries for compatibility
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa aout/
a.out backward compatibility libraries
.El
.El
.Pp
.It Pa libdata/
misc. utility data files
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa doscmd/
files used by doscmd (drivers, fonts, etc.);
see
.Xr doscmd 1
.Bl -tag -width 6n -compact
.It Pa fonts/
fonts used by doscmd
.El
.It Pa gcc/
???
.It Pa ldscripts/
linker scripts;
see
.Xr ld 1
.It Pa lint/
various prebuilt lint libraries;
see
.Xr lint 1
.It Pa msdosfs/
Character set conversion tables
.It Pa stallion/
firmware images for Stallion serial controllers; see
.Xr stl 4
.El
.Pp
.It Pa libexec/
system daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs)
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa aout/
utilities to manipulate a.out executables
.It Pa elf/
utilities to manipulate ELF executables
.It Pa lpr/
utilities and filters for LP print system;
see
.Xr lpr 1
.It Pa sendmail/
the
.Xr sendmail 8
binary;
see
.Xr mailwrapper 8
.It Pa sm.bin/
restricted shell for
.Xr sendmail 8 ;
see
.Xr smrsh 8
.El
.Pp
.It Pa local/
local executables, libraries, etc.
Also used as the default destination for the
.Fx
ports framework.
Within local/, the general layout sketched out by
.Xr hier 7
for /usr
should be used.  Exceptions are the man directory (directly under local/
rather than under local/share/), ports documentation (in share/doc/<port>/),
and /usr/local/etc (mimics /etc).
.It Pa obj/
architecture-specific target tree produced by building the /usr/src tree
.It Pa ports/
The
.Fx
ports collection (optional).
.It Pa sbin/
system daemons & system utilities (executed by users)
.It Pa share/
architecture-independent files
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "calendar/" -compact
.It Pa calendar/
a variety of pre-fab calendar files;
see
.Xr calendar 1
.It Pa dict/
word lists;
see
.Xr look 1
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa freebsd
.Fx Ns -specific
terms, proper names, and jargon
.It Pa words
common words
.It Pa web2
words from Webster's 2nd International
.It Pa papers/
reference databases;
see
.Xr refer 1
.El
.Pp
.It Pa doc/
miscellaneous documentation;
source for most of the printed
.Bx
manuals (available
from the
.Tn USENIX
association)
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa FAQ/
Frequently Asked Questions
.It Pa IPv6/
implementation notes for IPv6
.It Pa bind/
documents pertaining to BIND (the Berkeley Internet Name Domain)
.It Pa es/
Spanish translations of documents in /usr/share/doc
.It Pa handbook/
.Fx
Handbook
.It Pa ja/
Japanese translations of documents in /usr/share/doc
.It Pa ncurses/
HTML documents pertaining to ncurses;
see
.Xr ncurses 3X
.It Pa ntp/
HTML documents pertaining to the Network Time Protocol
.It Pa papers/
UNIX Papers
.It Pa psd/
UNIX Programmer's Supplementary Documents
.It Pa ru/
Russian translations of documents in /usr/share/doc
.It Pa smm/
UNIX System Manager's Manual
.It Pa tutorials/
.Fx
tutorials
.It Pa usd/
UNIX User's Supplementary Documents
.It Pa zh/
Chinese translations of documents in /usr/share/doc
.El
.Pp
.It Pa examples/
various examples for users and programmers
.It Pa games/
ASCII text files used by various games
.It Pa groff_font/
device description file for device name
.It Pa info/
GNU Info hypertext system
.It Pa isdn/
ISDN
.It Pa locale/
localization files;
see
.Xr setlocale 3
.It Pa man/
manual pages
.It Pa me/
macros for use with the me macro package;
see
.Xr me 7
.It Pa misc/
misc system-wide ASCII text files
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa fonts/
???
.It Pa pcvtfonts/
pcvt fonts;
see
.Xr pcvt 4
.It Pa termcap
terminal characteristics database;
see
.Xr termcap 5
.El
.It Pa mk/
templates for make;
see
.Xr make 1
.It Pa nls/
national language support files;
see
.Xr mklocale 1
.It Pa pcvt/
pcvt documentation and etc examples;
see
.Xr pcvt 4
.It Pa sendmail/
.Xr sendmail 8
configuration files
.It Pa skel/
example . (dot) files for new accounts
.It Pa syscons/
files used by syscons;
see
.Xr syscons 4
.Bl -tag -width "scrnmaps/xx" -compact
.It Pa fonts/
console fonts;
see
.Xr vidcontrol 1
and
.Xr vidfont 1
.It Pa keymaps/
console keyboard maps;
see
.Xr kbdcontrol 1
and
.Xr kbdmap 1
.It Pa scrnmaps/
console screen maps
.El
.It Pa tabset/
tab description files for a variety of terminals; used in
the termcap file;
see
.Xr termcap 5
.It Pa tmac/
text processing macros;
see
.Xr nroff 1
and
.Xr troff 1
.It Pa vi/
localization support and utilities for
.Xr vi 1
.It Pa zoneinfo/
timezone configuration information;
see
.Xr tzfile 5
.El
.It Pa src/
.Bx ,
third-party, and/or local source files
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.It Pa bin/
source code for files in /bin
.It Pa contrib/
source code for contributed software
.It Pa crypto/
source code for contributed cryptography software
.It Pa etc/
source code for files in /etc
.It Pa games/
source code for files in /usr/games
.It Pa gnu/
Utilities covered by the GNU General Public License
.It Pa include/
source code for files in /usr/include
.It Pa kerberosIV/
source code for kerberos version IV
.It Pa lib/
source code for files in /usr/lib
.It Pa libexec/
source code for files in /usr/libexec
.It Pa release/
files required to produce a
.Fx
release
.It Pa sbin/
source code for files in /sbin
.It Pa secure/
build directory for files in /usr/src/crypto
.It Pa share/
source for files in /usr/share
.It Pa sys/
kernel source code
.It Pa tools/
tools used for maintenance and testing of
.Fx
.It Pa usr.bin/
source code for files in /usr/bin
.It Pa usr.sbin/
source code for files in /usr/sbin
.El
.Pp
.It Pa X11R6/
X11R6 distribution executables, libraries, etc (optional).
.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
.It Pa bin/
X11R6 binaries (servers, utilities, local packages/ports).
.It Pa etc/
X11R6 configuration files and scripts.
.It Pa include/
X11R6 include files.
.It Pa lib/
X11R6 libraries.
.It Pa man/
X11R6 manual pages.
.It Pa share/
architecture-independent files.
.El
.El
.It Pa /var/
multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
.It Pa account/
system accounting files
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa acct
execution accounting file;
see
.Xr acct 5
.El
.Pp
.It Pa at/
timed command scheduling files;
see
.Xr \&at 1
.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
.It Pa jobs/
directory containing job files
.It Pa spool/
directory containing output spool files
.El
.Pp
.It Pa backups/
misc. backup files
.It Pa crash/
default directory to store kernel crash dumps; see
.Xr crash 8
and
.Xr savecore 8
.It Pa cron/
files used by cron;
see
.Xr cron 8
.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
.It Pa tabs/
crontab files;
see
.Xr crontab 5
.El
.Pp
.It Pa db/
misc. automatically generated system-specific database files
.It Pa empty/
empty directory used by sshd(8) for privilege separation;
see
.Xr sshd 8
.It Pa games/
misc. game status and score files
.It Pa log/
misc. system log files
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa wtmp
login/logout log;
see
.Xr wtmp 5
.El
.Pp
.It Pa mail/
user mailbox files
.It Pa preserve/
temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death
of an editor;
see
.Xr \&ex 1
.It Pa msgs/
system messages database;
see
.Xr msgs 1
.It Pa quotas/
filesystem quota information files
.It Pa run/
system information files describing various info about
system since it was booted
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa named/
writable by the
.Dq bind
user; see
.Xr named 8
.It Pa ppp/
writable by the
.Dq network
group for command connection sockets; see
.Xr ppp 8
.It Pa utmp
database of current users;
see
.Xr utmp 5
.El
.Pp
.It Pa rwho/
rwho data files;
see
.Xr rwhod 8 ,
.Xr rwho 1 ,
and
.Xr ruptime 1
.It Pa spool/
misc. printer and mail system spooling directories
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa clientmqueue/
undelivered submission mail queue;
see
.Xr sendmail 8
.It Pa ftp/
commonly ~ftp; the anonymous ftp root directory
.It Pa mqueue/
undelivered mail queue;
see
.Xr sendmail 8
.It Pa output/
line printer spooling directories
.El
.Pp
.It Pa tmp/
temporary files that are kept between system reboots
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Pa vi.recover/
the directory where recovery files are stored
.El
.It Pa yp/
the NIS maps
.El
.El
.Sh NOTES
This manual page documents the default
.Fx
filesystem layout, but
the actual hierarchy on a given system is defined at the system
administrator's discretion.
A well-maintained installation will include a customized version of
this document.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr apropos 1 ,
.Xr find 1 ,
.Xr finger 1 ,
.Xr grep 1 ,
.Xr ls 1 ,
.Xr whatis 1 ,
.Xr whereis 1 ,
.Xr which 1 ,
.Xr fsck 8
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
manual page appeared in
.At v7 .