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File hierarchy under Linux

To ensury compatibility and portability, Linux systems comply with the sole FHS (File Hierarchy Standard) standard. The basic hierarchy is as follows:

/				the root, containing the main directories
	/bin			contains essential executables of the system, used by all the users (such as, for example, the commands ls, rm, cp, chmod, mount, etc.)
	/boot			contains the files which allow Linux to start up
	/dev			contains the entry points for the peripherals
	/etc			contains the commands and the files that are necessary for the system administrator (files passwd, group, inittab, ld.so.conf, lilo.conf, etc.)
		/etc/X11		contains the specific files for the configuration of X (contains XF86Config, for example)
		/etc/opt		contains the specific configuration files for the applications installed in /opt
	/home			personal user directory
	/lib			contains shared libraries that are essential for the system during startup
	/mnt			contains mount points of temporary partions (CD-Rom, floppy disk, etc.)
	/opt			contains packages of supplementary applications
	/root			directory of the root administrator
	/sbin			contains the essential binary systems (for example the command adduser)
	/tmp			contains temporary files
	/usr			Secondary hierarchy
		/usr/X11R6		this directory is reserved for the system X version 11 release 6
		/usr/X386		used before by X version 5, this is a symbolic link with /usr/X11R6
		/usr/bin		contains the majority of the binary files and user commands
		/usr/include		contains the header files for the programs C and C++
		/usr/lib		contains most shared libraries of the system
		/usr/local		contains data pertaining to the programs installed on the local machine by the root
			/usr/local/bin	binaries of local programs
			/usr/local/games	binaries of local games
			/usr/local/include	local C et C++ header files
			/usr/local/lib	Shared local libraries
			/usr/local/sbin	Local system binaries
			/usr/local/share	Independent hierarchy
			/usr/local/src	Local source files
		/usr/sbin		contains the binary files that are not essential for the system that are reserved for the system administrator
		/usr/share		reserved for non-dependent data of the architecture
		/usr/src		contains code source files
	/var			contains variable data

Last update on Thursday October 16, 2008 02:43:15 PM.

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