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