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32.\" @(#)hier.7 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
33.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man7/hier.7 107383 2002-11-29 11:39:20Z ru $
34.\"
35.Dd June 5, 1993
36.Dt HIER 7
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm hier
40.Nd layout of filesystems
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42A sketch of the filesystem hierarchy.
43.Bl -tag -width "/stand/"
44.It Pa /
45root directory of the filesystem
46.It Pa /bin/
47user utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
48.It Pa /boot/
49programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap
50.Pp
51.Bl -tag -width defaults/ -compact
52.It Pa defaults/
53default bootstrapping configuration files; see
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138.Xr ppp 8
139.It Pa ssl/
140OpenSSL configuration files
141.El
142.It Pa /mnt/
143empty directory commonly used by
144system administrators as a temporary mount point
145.It Pa /proc/
146process filesystem;
147see
148.Xr procfs 5 ,
149.Xr mount_procfs 8
150.It Pa /root/
151root's HOME directory
152.It Pa /sbin/
153system programs and administration utilities
154fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
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203.It Pa wi/
204The
205.Xr wi 4
206WaveLAN driver
207.El
208.It Pa fs/
209.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
210.It Pa fdescfs/
211per-process file descriptors filesystem
212.It Pa fifofs/
213.St -p1003.1
214FIFOs filesystem
215.It Pa msdosfs/
216MS-DOS filesystem
217.It Pa ntfs/
218NTFS filesystem
219.It Pa nullfs/
220loopback filesystem
221.It Pa nwfs/
222NetWare filesystem
223.It Pa portalfs/
224portal filesystem
225.It Pa procfs/
226process filesystem
227.It Pa smbfs/
228SMB/CIFS filesystem
229.It Pa umapfs/
230alternate uid/gid mappings filesystem
231.It Pa unionfs
232union filesystem
233.El
234.It Pa g++/
235GNU C++ include files
236.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
237.It Pa std/
238GNU C++ libstdc++ include files
239.El
240.It Pa isc/
241ISC utility library libisc include files
242.It Pa isofs/
243.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
244.It Pa cd9660/
245iso9660 filesystem
246.El
247.It Pa kerberosIV/
248C include files for kerberos authentication package;
249see
250.Xr kerberos 1
251.It Pa libmilter/
252C include files for libmilter,
253the
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322.\" ???
323.\" .It Pa unix/
324.\" ???
325.\" .El
326.It Pa ufs/
327C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
328.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
329.It Pa ffs/
330Fast filesystem
331.It Pa ufs/
332UFS filesystem
333.El
334.It Pa vm/
335virtual memory;
336see
337.Xr vmstat 8
338.El
339.Pp
340.It Pa lib/
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714of an editor;
715see
716.Xr \&ex 1
717.It Pa msgs/
718system messages database;
719see
720.Xr msgs 1
721.It Pa quotas/
722filesystem quota information files
723.It Pa run/
724system information files describing various info about
725system since it was booted
726.Pp
727.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
728.It Pa named/
729writable by the
730.Dq bind
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774.El
775.It Pa yp/
776the NIS maps
777.El
778.El
779.Sh NOTES
780This manual page documents the default
781.Fx
782filesystem layout, but
783the actual hierarchy on a given system is defined at the system
784administrator's discretion.
785A well-maintained installation will include a customized version of
786this document.
787.Sh SEE ALSO
788.Xr apropos 1 ,
789.Xr find 1 ,
790.Xr finger 1 ,
791.Xr grep 1 ,
792.Xr ls 1 ,
793.Xr whatis 1 ,
794.Xr whereis 1 ,
795.Xr which 1 ,
796.Xr fsck 8
797.Sh HISTORY
798A
799.Nm
800manual page appeared in
801.At v7 .
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
30.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
31.\"
32.\" @(#)hier.7 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
33.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man7/hier.7 107383 2002-11-29 11:39:20Z ru $
34.\"
35.Dd June 5, 1993
36.Dt HIER 7
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm hier
40.Nd layout of filesystems
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42A sketch of the filesystem hierarchy.
43.Bl -tag -width "/stand/"
44.It Pa /
45root directory of the filesystem
46.It Pa /bin/
47user utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
48.It Pa /boot/
49programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap
50.Pp
51.Bl -tag -width defaults/ -compact
52.It Pa defaults/
53default bootstrapping configuration files; see
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138.Xr ppp 8
139.It Pa ssl/
140OpenSSL configuration files
141.El
142.It Pa /mnt/
143empty directory commonly used by
144system administrators as a temporary mount point
145.It Pa /proc/
146process filesystem;
147see
148.Xr procfs 5 ,
149.Xr mount_procfs 8
150.It Pa /root/
151root's HOME directory
152.It Pa /sbin/
153system programs and administration utilities
154fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
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203.It Pa wi/
204The
205.Xr wi 4
206WaveLAN driver
207.El
208.It Pa fs/
209.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
210.It Pa fdescfs/
211per-process file descriptors filesystem
212.It Pa fifofs/
213.St -p1003.1
214FIFOs filesystem
215.It Pa msdosfs/
216MS-DOS filesystem
217.It Pa ntfs/
218NTFS filesystem
219.It Pa nullfs/
220loopback filesystem
221.It Pa nwfs/
222NetWare filesystem
223.It Pa portalfs/
224portal filesystem
225.It Pa procfs/
226process filesystem
227.It Pa smbfs/
228SMB/CIFS filesystem
229.It Pa umapfs/
230alternate uid/gid mappings filesystem
231.It Pa unionfs
232union filesystem
233.El
234.It Pa g++/
235GNU C++ include files
236.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
237.It Pa std/
238GNU C++ libstdc++ include files
239.El
240.It Pa isc/
241ISC utility library libisc include files
242.It Pa isofs/
243.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
244.It Pa cd9660/
245iso9660 filesystem
246.El
247.It Pa kerberosIV/
248C include files for kerberos authentication package;
249see
250.Xr kerberos 1
251.It Pa libmilter/
252C include files for libmilter,
253the
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322.\" ???
323.\" .It Pa unix/
324.\" ???
325.\" .El
326.It Pa ufs/
327C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
328.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
329.It Pa ffs/
330Fast filesystem
331.It Pa ufs/
332UFS filesystem
333.El
334.It Pa vm/
335virtual memory;
336see
337.Xr vmstat 8
338.El
339.Pp
340.It Pa lib/
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714of an editor;
715see
716.Xr \&ex 1
717.It Pa msgs/
718system messages database;
719see
720.Xr msgs 1
721.It Pa quotas/
722filesystem quota information files
723.It Pa run/
724system information files describing various info about
725system since it was booted
726.Pp
727.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
728.It Pa named/
729writable by the
730.Dq bind
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774.El
775.It Pa yp/
776the NIS maps
777.El
778.El
779.Sh NOTES
780This manual page documents the default
781.Fx
782filesystem layout, but
783the actual hierarchy on a given system is defined at the system
784administrator's discretion.
785A well-maintained installation will include a customized version of
786this document.
787.Sh SEE ALSO
788.Xr apropos 1 ,
789.Xr find 1 ,
790.Xr finger 1 ,
791.Xr grep 1 ,
792.Xr ls 1 ,
793.Xr whatis 1 ,
794.Xr whereis 1 ,
795.Xr which 1 ,
796.Xr fsck 8
797.Sh HISTORY
798A
799.Nm
800manual page appeared in
801.At v7 .