HIER(7)

NAME
hier - file system hierarchy

DESCRIPTION
The following outline gives a quick tour through a representative directory hierarchy.

/   root

/vmunix
    the kernel binary (UNIX itself)

/dev/
    devices

/etc/
    data for maintenance utilities

/lost+found/
    directory for connecting detached files for fsck(8)

/home/
    home directories for registered users

/sbin/
    essential maintenance utilities

/tmp/
    temporary files, cf /var/tmp/

/usr/bin/
    utility programs, cf /usr/5bin/ /usr/acorn/ /usr/ucb/ /usr/new/

/usr/include/
    standard #include files

/usr/lib/
    object libraries and other stuff

/usr/sbin/
    general maintenance utilities

/usr/share/
    files which can be shared beween machines of different architectures

/usr/share/man/
    machine readable form of the manual, man(1)

/var/
    data files which grow from day to day

/var/adm/
    administrative information

/var/preserve/
    editor temporaries preserved here after crashes/hangups

/var/spool/
    delayed execution files

SEE ALSO
ls(1), apropos(1), find(1), learn(1), man(1), whatis(1), whereis(1), which(1)

BUGS
The position of files is subject to change without notice.