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1.63 ! wiz 32: .Dd April 3, 2004
1.1 cgd 33: .Dt HIER 7
34: .Os
35: .Sh NAME
36: .Nm hier
37: .Nd layout of filesystems
38: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.10 mrg 39: An outline of the filesystem hierarchy.
1.27 fair 40: .Pp
41: Naming is very important.
42: The
43: .Ux
44: System relies on filename conventions for much of its power as a system.
45: The following file system layout describes generally where things are
46: and what they are, with references to other man pages for more detailed
47: documentation.
48: .Pp
49: Not all files will be in every system.
50: .Pp
1.10 mrg 51: .Bl -tag -width "/altroot/"
52: .It Sy \&/
53: root directory of the system
54: .It Sy /COPYRIGHT
1.27 fair 55: system copyright notice, most often put on
56: .Tn CD-ROM
57: distributions.
1.50 jmmv 58: .It Sy "/[a-z]/"
1.10 mrg 59: user filesystems
60: .It Sy /altroot/
61: alternate root filesystem, in case of disaster
1.63 ! wiz 62: .\" .It Sy /amd/
! 63: .\" home directories mount point; see
! 64: .\" .Xr amd 8
1.10 mrg 65: .It Sy /bin/
66: utilities used in both single and multi-user environments
1.30 lukem 67: .It Sy /boot*
68: second-stage boot loader(s) for some platforms; see
1.29 lukem 69: .Xr installboot 8
1.10 mrg 70: .It Sy /dev/
71: block, character and other special device files
1.1 cgd 72: .Pp
1.10 mrg 73: .Bl -tag -width "MAKEDEV" -compact
74: .It Sy MAKEDEV
1.1 cgd 75: script for creating device files;
76: see
77: .Xr makedev 8
1.10 mrg 78: .It Sy console
79: the computer's console device
1.52 perry 80: .It Sy drum
81: system swap space; see
82: .Xr drum 4
1.10 mrg 83: .It Sy fd/
1.1 cgd 84: file descriptor files;
85: see
1.17 fair 86: .Xr fd 4
1.10 mrg 87: .It Sy klog
88: kernel logging device; see
89: .Xr syslog 3
90: .It Sy kmem
91: kernel virtual memory device; see
92: .Xr mem 4
93: .It Sy log
1.16 fair 94: .Ux
95: domain datagram log socket; see
1.10 mrg 96: .Xr syslogd 8
97: .It Sy mem
98: kernel physical memory device; see
99: .Xr mem 4
1.52 perry 100: .It Sy null
101: the null device; see
102: .Xr null 4
1.10 mrg 103: .It Sy stderr
104: .It Sy stdin
105: .It Sy stdout
106: file descriptor files;
107: see
1.17 fair 108: .Xr fd 4
1.10 mrg 109: .It Sy tty
110: process' controlling terminal device; see
111: .Xr tty 4
1.32 enami 112: .It Sy zero
113: the zero device; see
114: .Xr zero 4
1.10 mrg 115: .El
1.63 ! wiz 116: .\" .It Sy /dump/
! 117: .\" online
! 118: .\" .Xr dump 8
! 119: .\" repository
1.10 mrg 120: .It Sy /etc/
1.17 fair 121: system configuration files and scripts
1.1 cgd 122: .Pp
1.10 mrg 123: .Bl -tag -width "master.passwd" -compact
124: .It Sy amd*
125: configuration files for
126: .Xr amd 8
127: .It Sy changelist
128: files backed up by the security script
129: .It Sy crontab
130: schedule used by the
131: .Xr cron 8
132: daemon
133: .It Sy csh.cshrc
134: .It Sy csh.login
135: .It Sy csh.logout
136: system-wide scripts for
137: .Xr csh 1
138: .It Sy daily
139: script run each day by
140: .Xr cron 8
1.29 lukem 141: .It Sy daily.conf
142: configuration file for
143: .Sy daily ;
1.1 cgd 144: see
1.29 lukem 145: .Xr daily.conf 5
146: .It Sy defaults/
147: default configuration files read by various
148: .Pa /etc/*.conf
149: files
1.10 mrg 150: .It Sy disktab
151: disk description file, see
152: .Xr disktab 5
153: .It Sy dm.conf
154: dungeon master configuration; see
155: .Xr dm.conf 5
156: .It Sy dumpdates
157: dump history; see
158: .Xr dump 8
159: .It Sy exports
160: filesystem export information; see
161: .Xr mountd 8
162: .It Sy fstab
163: filesystem information; see
164: .Xr fstab 5
165: and
166: .Xr mount 8
167: .It Sy ftpusers
168: users denied
169: .Xr ftp 1
170: access; see
171: .Xr ftpd 8
172: .It Sy ftpwelcome
173: .Xr ftp 1
174: initial message; see
175: .Xr ftpd 8
176: .It Sy gettytab
177: terminal configuration database; see
1.17 fair 178: .Xr gettytab 5
1.10 mrg 179: .It Sy group
180: group permissions file; see
181: .Xr group 5
182: .It Sy hosts
183: host name database backup for
184: .Xr named 8 ;
185: see
186: .Xr hosts 5
187: .It Sy hosts.equiv
188: trusted machines with equivalent user ID's
189: .It Sy hosts.lpd
190: trusted machines with printing privileges
191: .It Sy inetd.conf
192: Internet server configuration file; see
193: .Xr inetd 8
1.17 fair 194: .It Sy kerberosIV/
1.1 cgd 195: configuration files for the kerberos version IV;
1.57 perry 196: see
197: .Xr kerberos 8
198: .It Sy kerberosV/
199: configuration files for the kerberos version V;
1.1 cgd 200: see
1.33 wiz 201: .Xr kerberos 8
1.10 mrg 202: .It Sy localtime
203: local timezone information;
204: see
205: .Xr ctime 3
1.25 itojun 206: .It Sy mail/
207: configuration files for
208: .Xr sendmail 8
1.38 wiz 209: .Pp
1.25 itojun 210: .Bl -tag -width "sendmail.*" -compact
211: .It Sy aliases*
212: name alias files
213: .It Sy sendmail.*
214: .Xr sendmail 8
215: configuration information
216: .El
1.10 mrg 217: .It Sy mail.rc
218: system-wide initialization script for
219: .Xr mail 1
220: .It Sy man.conf
221: configuration file for
222: .Xr man 1 ;
223: see
224: .Xr man.conf 5
225: .It Sy master.passwd
1.52 perry 226: Main password file, readable only by root; see
227: .Xr passwd 5
1.14 hubertf 228: .It Sy mk.conf
229: optional file containing
230: .Xr make 1
1.17 fair 231: variables, read by pkgsrc and the system sources.
1.10 mrg 232: .It Sy monthly
233: script run each month by
234: .Xr cron 8
1.29 lukem 235: .It Sy monthly.conf
236: configuration file for
237: .Sy monthly ;
238: see
239: .Xr monthly.conf 5
1.10 mrg 240: .It Sy motd
241: system message of the day
1.17 fair 242: .It Sy mtree/
1.1 cgd 243: mtree configuration files;
244: see
1.17 fair 245: .Xr mtree 8
1.10 mrg 246: .It Sy named.*
1.17 fair 247: .It Sy namedb/
1.10 mrg 248: named configuration files and databases;
1.1 cgd 249: see
250: .Xr named 8
1.10 mrg 251: .It Sy netgroup
252: network groups; see
253: .Xr netgroup 5
254: .It Sy netstart
255: network startup script
256: .It Sy networks
257: network name data base; see
258: .Xr networks 5
1.52 perry 259: .It Sy passwd
260: World readable password file generated from master.passwd; see
261: .Xr passwd 5 ,
262: .Xr pwd_mkdb 8
1.10 mrg 263: .It Sy phones
264: remote host phone number data base; see
265: .Xr phones 5
266: .It Sy printcap
267: system printer configuration; see
268: .Xr printcap 5
269: .It Sy protocols
270: protocol name database; see
271: .Xr protocols 5
1.52 perry 272: .It Sy pwd.db
273: database form of passwd file; see
274: .Xr pwd_mkdb 8
1.10 mrg 275: .It Sy rc
1.55 perry 276: master system startup script invoked by
277: .Xr init 8 ;
278: see
1.10 mrg 279: .Xr rc 8
1.29 lukem 280: .It Sy rc.conf
281: configuration file for system startup and shutdown scripts; see
282: .Xr rc.conf 5
1.55 perry 283: .It Sy rc.d/
284: directory containing per-subsystem startup and shutdown scripts; see
285: .Xr rc 8
286: .It Sy rc.local
287: locally editable system startup script
288: .It Sy rc.shutdown
289: master system shutdown script invoked by
290: .Xr shutdown 8 ;
291: see
292: .Xr rc 8
1.10 mrg 293: .It Sy remote
294: remote host description file; see
295: .Xr remote 5
296: .It Sy security
297: daily (in)security script run by
298: .Xr cron 8
1.29 lukem 299: .It Sy security.conf
300: configuration file for
301: .Sy security ;
302: see
303: .Xr security.conf 5
1.10 mrg 304: .It Sy services
305: service name data base; see
306: .Xr services 5
307: .It Sy shells
308: list of permitted shells; see
309: .Xr shells 5
1.27 fair 310: .It Sy sliphome/
311: .Tn SLIP
312: login/logout scripts; see
313: .Xr sliplogin 8
1.52 perry 314: .It Sy spwd.db
315: database form of master.passwd file; see
316: .Xr pwd_mkdb 8
1.10 mrg 317: .It Sy syslog.conf
318: .Xr syslogd 8
319: configuration file; see
320: .Xr syslog.conf 5
321: .It Sy termcap
322: terminal type database; see
323: .Xr termcap 3
324: .It Sy ttys
325: terminal initialization information; see
326: .Xr ttys 5
327: .It Sy uucp/
328: UUCP configuration files; see
1.17 fair 329: .Xr uucp 1
1.10 mrg 330: and
331: .Xr uucico 8 .
332: .It Sy weekly
333: script run each week by
334: .Xr cron 8
1.29 lukem 335: .It Sy weekly.conf
336: configuration file for
337: .Sy weekly ;
338: see
339: .Xr weekly.conf 5
1.10 mrg 340: .El
341: .It Sy /home/
342: mount point for the automounter; see
343: .Xr amd 8
1.45 lukem 344: .It Sy /lib/
1.50 jmmv 345: dynamic linked libraries used by dynamic linked programs
1.45 lukem 346: (such as those in
1.50 jmmv 347: .Pa /bin/
1.45 lukem 348: and
1.50 jmmv 349: .Pa /sbin/ )
1.45 lukem 350: that cannot rely upon
1.50 jmmv 351: .Pa /usr/lib/
352: being available.
353: .It Sy /libexec/
354: system utilities (such as the dynamic linker) required by programs
355: and libraries that cannot rely upon
356: .Pa /usr/libexec/
1.45 lukem 357: being available.
1.10 mrg 358: .It Sy /mnt/
1.1 cgd 359: empty directory commonly used by
360: system administrators as a temporary mount point
1.10 mrg 361: .It Sy /netbsd
1.3 mycroft 362: pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory
1.17 fair 363: at boot time).
1.45 lukem 364: .It Sy /rescue/
365: statically linked rescue tools, for use in system recovery
1.10 mrg 366: .It Sy /root/
367: home directory for the super-user
368: .Pp
369: .Bl -tag -width ".profile" -compact
370: .It Sy \&.cshrc
371: super-user start-up file
372: .It Sy \&.login
373: super-user start-up file
374: .It Sy \&.profile
375: super-user start-up file
1.55 perry 376: .It Sy \&.rhosts
377: super-user id mapping between machines
1.10 mrg 378: .El
379: .ne 1i
380: .It Sy /sbin/
1.1 cgd 381: system programs and administration utilities
1.10 mrg 382: used in both single-user and multi-user environments
383: .It Sy /stand/
1.1 cgd 384: programs used in a standalone environment
1.17 fair 385: .It Sy /tmp/
1.1 cgd 386: temporary files, usually a
387: .Xr mfs 8
1.45 lukem 388: memory-based filesystem (the contents of
389: .Pa /tmp
390: are usually
391: .Em not
392: preserved across a system reboot)
1.10 mrg 393: .It Sy /usr/
394: contains the majority of the system utilities and files
1.1 cgd 395: .Pp
396: .Bl -tag -width "libdata/" -compact
1.10 mrg 397: .It Sy X11R6/
398: X11 files
399: .Pp
400: .Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
401: .It Sy bin/
402: X11 binaries
403: .It Sy include/
404: X11 include files
405: .It Sy lib/
406: X11 libraries
407: .El
408: .Pp
409: .It Sy bin/
1.17 fair 410: common utilities, programming tools, and applications
1.10 mrg 411: .It Sy games/
412: the important stuff
413: .It Sy include/
1.1 cgd 414: standard C include files
415: .Pp
416: .Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
1.10 mrg 417: .It Sy arpa/
418: include files for Internet service protocols
419: .It Sy g++/
420: include files for the C++ compiler
421: .It Sy kerberosIV/
422: include files for kerberos authentication package;
1.1 cgd 423: see
1.33 wiz 424: .Xr kerberos 8
1.10 mrg 425: .It Sy machine/
426: machine specific include files
427: .It Sy net/
428: .It Sy netatalk/
1.9 hubertf 429: C include files for AppleTalk protocols
1.11 hubertf 430: miscellaneous network include files;
431: see
432: .Xr atalk 4
1.10 mrg 433: .It Sy netccitt/
434: CCITT networking include files
435: .It Sy netinet/
436: include files for Internet standard protocols; see
1.1 cgd 437: .Xr inet 4
1.20 itojun 438: .It Sy netinet6/
439: include files for Internet protocol version 6; see
440: .Xr inet6 4
1.10 mrg 441: .It Sy netiso/
442: include files for ISO standard protocols; see
1.1 cgd 443: .Xr iso 4
1.20 itojun 444: .It Sy netkey/
445: include files for secret key management, used for security protocols; see
446: .Xr ipsec 4
1.55 perry 447: .It Sy netnatm/
1.9 hubertf 448: C include files for native mode ATM
1.10 mrg 449: .It Sy netns/
450: C include files for XNS standard protocols; see
1.17 fair 451: .Xr ns 4
1.10 mrg 452: .It Sy nfs/
1.1 cgd 453: C include files for NFS (Network File System)
1.10 mrg 454: .It Sy protocols/
1.1 cgd 455: C include files for Berkeley service protocols
1.10 mrg 456: .It Sy sys/
1.1 cgd 457: system C include files (kernel data structures)
1.10 mrg 458: .It Sy ufs/
1.1 cgd 459: C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
460: .El
461: .Pp
1.10 mrg 462: .It Sy lib/
1.55 perry 463: archive, profiled, position independent archive, and shared libraries
1.10 mrg 464: .It Sy libdata/
465: miscellaneous utility data files
466: .It Sy libexec/
1.39 ross 467: system daemons \*[Am] system utilities (executed by other programs)
1.10 mrg 468: .Pp
469: .Bl -tag -width "uucp/" -compact
470: .It Sy uucp/
471: UUCP binaries and scripts (historically placed; to be moved)
472: .El
473: .Pp
1.52 perry 474: .It Sy lkm/
475: loadable kernel modules
1.10 mrg 476: .It Sy mdec/
1.8 perry 477: boot blocks, etc.
1.55 perry 478: .It Sy obj/
479: architecture-specific target tree produced by building the
480: .Pa /usr/src
481: tree; normally a symbolic link or mounted filesystem
1.14 hubertf 482: .It Sy pkg/
1.18 perry 483: packages maintained by groups other than the
484: .Nx
485: Project.
1.14 hubertf 486: .Pp
487: .Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
488: .It Sy bin/
489: contributed binaries
490: .It Sy include/
491: contributed include files
1.55 perry 492: .It Sy lib/
493: contributed libraries
494: .It Sy libdata/
495: contributed data files
1.14 hubertf 496: .It Sy libexec/
497: contributed daemons
1.55 perry 498: .It Sy sbin/
499: contributed system utilities
1.14 hubertf 500: .El
501: .Pp
502: .It Sy pkgsrc/
1.15 fair 503: build descriptions ("packages") for the
504: .Nx
505: packages system.
1.14 hubertf 506: .Pp
507: .Bl -tag -width "distfiles" -compact
508: .It Sy distfiles
509: Where unchanged source archives are fetched to/stored
510: .It Sy packages
511: Where compiled binary packages are stored
512: .El
513: .Pp
514: There are also several other subdirectories which contain packages of
1.61 snj 515: a certain category, e.g., archivers, graphics, ...
1.14 hubertf 516: .Pp
1.10 mrg 517: .It Sy sbin/
518: system daemons and system utilities (normally executed by the super-user)
519: .It Sy share/
520: architecture-independent text files
1.1 cgd 521: .Pp
522: .Bl -tag -width "calendar/" -compact
1.10 mrg 523: .It Sy calendar/
524: a variety of calendar files; see
1.1 cgd 525: .Xr calendar 1
1.10 mrg 526: .It Sy dict/
1.1 cgd 527: word lists;
528: see
529: .Xr look 1
1.10 mrg 530: and
531: .Xr spell 1
1.1 cgd 532: .Pp
1.10 mrg 533: .Bl -tag -width "special/" -compact
534: .It Sy words
1.1 cgd 535: common words
1.10 mrg 536: .It Sy web2
537: words of Webster's 2nd International
538: .It Sy papers/
1.1 cgd 539: reference databases;
540: see
541: .Xr refer 1
1.10 mrg 542: .It Sy special/
1.1 cgd 543: custom word lists;
544: see
545: .Xr spell 1
546: .El
547: .Pp
1.10 mrg 548: .It Sy doc/
549: miscellaneous documentation; source for most of the printed
1.5 jtc 550: .Bx 4.3
1.1 cgd 551: manuals (available
552: from the
553: .Tn USENIX
554: association)
1.10 mrg 555: .It Sy games/
556: text files used by various games
557: .It Sy lkm/
1.9 hubertf 558: documentation on the loadable kernel modules interface
1.10 mrg 559: .It Sy man/
1.17 fair 560: formatted manual pages
1.10 mrg 561: .It Sy me/
562: macros for use with the
563: .Xr me 7
564: macro package
565: .It Sy misc/
566: miscellaneous system-wide text files
1.9 hubertf 567: .Pp
1.10 mrg 568: .Bl -tag -width "termcap" -compact
569: .It Sy termcap
1.1 cgd 570: terminal characteristics database;
571: see
572: .Xr termcap 5
573: .El
1.9 hubertf 574: .Pp
1.10 mrg 575: .It Sy mk/
576: include files for
1.1 cgd 577: .Xr make 1
1.10 mrg 578: .It Sy ms/
579: macros for use with the
580: .Xr ms 7
581: macro package
582: .It Sy skel/
583: sample initialization files for new user accounts
584: .It Sy tabset/
1.17 fair 585: tab description files for a variety of terminals, used in
1.1 cgd 586: the termcap file;
587: see
588: .Xr termcap 5
1.10 mrg 589: .It Sy tmac/
1.1 cgd 590: text processing macros;
591: see
592: .Xr nroff 1
1.17 fair 593: and
1.1 cgd 594: .Xr troff 1
1.10 mrg 595: .It Sy zoneinfo/
1.1 cgd 596: timezone configuration information;
597: see
598: .Xr tzfile 5
599: .El
600: .Pp
1.10 mrg 601: .El
1.1 cgd 602: .Pp
1.10 mrg 603: .It Sy /usr/src/
1.29 lukem 604: .Nx
1.10 mrg 605: and local source files
606: .Pp
607: .Bl -tag -width "domestic/" -compact
608: .It Sy bin/
609: source for utilities/files in
1.17 fair 610: .Pa /bin
1.29 lukem 611: .It Sy crypto/
612: cryptographic source, which may have import or export restrictions
613: .It Sy dist/
614: third-party
615: .Sq virgin
616: source code, referenced by other parts of the source tree
1.55 perry 617: .It Sy distrib/
618: tools and data-files for making distributions
619: .It Sy doc/
1.61 snj 620: documentation about the source tree (i.e., about the tree, not about
1.55 perry 621: how to use the built software.)
1.10 mrg 622: .It Sy etc/
623: source (usually example files) for files in
624: .Pa /etc
625: .It Sy games/
626: source for utilities/files in
627: .Pa /usr/games
1.29 lukem 628: .It Sy gnu/
629: source for programs covered by the
630: .Tn GNU
631: license (or similar)
1.10 mrg 632: .It Sy include/
633: source for files in
634: .Pa /usr/include
635: .It Sy lib/
636: source for libraries in
637: .Pa /usr/lib
638: .It Sy libexec/
639: source for utilities/files in
640: .Pa /usr/libexec
1.29 lukem 641: .It Sy regress/
642: various regression tests
1.55 perry 643: .It Sy rescue/
644: source/makefiles for /rescue
1.10 mrg 645: .It Sy sbin/
646: source for utilities/files in
647: .Pa /sbin
648: .It Sy share/
649: source for files in
650: .Pa /usr/share
651: .Pp
652: .Bl -tag -width "doc/" -compact
653: .It Sy doc/
654: .Pp
655: .Bl -tag -width "papers/" -compact
656: .It Sy papers/
657: source for various Berkeley technical papers
658: .It Sy psd/
659: source for Programmer's Supplementary Documents
660: .It Sy smm/
661: source for System Manager's Manual
662: .It Sy usd/
663: source for User's Supplementary Documents
664: .Pp
665: .El
666: .El
667: .It Sy sys/
668: kernel source files
669: .Pp
670: .Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
671: .It Sy arch/
1.40 pooka 672: architecture-specific support
1.10 mrg 673: .Pp
1.40 pooka 674: .Bl -tag -width "playstation2/" -compact
1.43 bjh21 675: .It Sy acorn26/
676: ARM2 and ARM3 based systems
1.37 bjh21 677: .It Sy acorn32/
1.40 pooka 678: Acorn RiscPC/A7000/NC and compatibles
679: .It Sy algor/
680: Algorithmics MIPS evaluations board
1.10 mrg 681: .It Sy alpha/
1.40 pooka 682: Digital Equipment Corp. Alpha architecture
1.61 snj 683: .It Sy amd64/
684: AMD64 based systems
1.10 mrg 685: .It Sy amiga/
1.40 pooka 686: Amiga architecture
1.29 lukem 687: .It Sy amigappc/
1.40 pooka 688: PowerPC based Amiga architecture
1.23 soda 689: .It Sy arc/
1.40 pooka 690: ARC specification compliant systems.
691: .It Sy arm/
692: ARM processor general support
1.10 mrg 693: .It Sy atari/
1.40 pooka 694: Atari architecture
1.10 mrg 695: .It Sy bebox/
1.40 pooka 696: Be Inc. BeBox architecture
697: .It Sy cats/
698: Chalice Technology StrongARM evaluation board
699: .It Sy cesfic/
700: CES FIC8234 VME processor board
1.26 soren 701: .It Sy cobalt/
1.40 pooka 702: Cobalt Networks MIPS Microserver architecture
1.31 itojun 703: .It Sy dreamcast/
1.40 pooka 704: Sega Dreamcast game console
1.42 simonb 705: .It Sy evbarm/
706: ARM based evaluation boards
707: .It Sy evbmips/
708: MIPS based evaluation boards
1.47 scw 709: .It Sy evbppc/
710: PowerPC based evaluation board
1.29 lukem 711: .It Sy evbsh3/
1.40 pooka 712: SH3 based evaluation boards
1.10 mrg 713: .It Sy hp300/
1.40 pooka 714: Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 680x0-based workstations
715: .It Sy hparm/
716: StrongARM based WinCE hand-held devices
1.29 lukem 717: .It Sy hpcmips/
1.40 pooka 718: MIPS based WinCE hand-held devices
1.31 itojun 719: .It Sy hpcsh/
1.40 pooka 720: Hitachi SH3/4 based WinCE hand-held devices
1.10 mrg 721: .It Sy i386/
1.40 pooka 722: Intel 386/486/Pentium/etc. workstations
1.29 lukem 723: .It Sy luna68k/
1.40 pooka 724: Omron LUNA 68000-based workstations
1.10 mrg 725: .It Sy m68k/
1.40 pooka 726: 680x0 processor support
1.10 mrg 727: .It Sy mac68k/
1.40 pooka 728: Apple Computer 680x0-based workstations
1.29 lukem 729: .It Sy macppc/
1.40 pooka 730: Apple Computer PowerPC-based workstations
1.10 mrg 731: .It Sy mips/
1.40 pooka 732: MIPS processor support
1.28 wdk 733: .It Sy mipsco/
1.54 wiz 734: MIPS Computer Systems Inc. architecture
1.29 lukem 735: .It Sy mmeye/
1.40 pooka 736: Brains Inc. SH3 based mmEye multimedia server
1.10 mrg 737: .It Sy mvme68k/
1.40 pooka 738: VME 680x0-based cards
1.29 lukem 739: .It Sy news68k/
1.40 pooka 740: Sony NEWS 680x0-based workstations
1.29 lukem 741: .It Sy newsmips/
1.40 pooka 742: Sony NEWS MIPS-based workstations
1.29 lukem 743: .It Sy next68k/
1.40 pooka 744: NeXT 680x0-based workstations
1.29 lukem 745: .It Sy ofppc/
1.40 pooka 746: Open Firmware PowerPC workstations
1.10 mrg 747: .It Sy pc532/
1.40 pooka 748: pc532 architecture
1.36 uch 749: .It Sy playstation2/
1.40 pooka 750: SONY PlayStation 2
1.10 mrg 751: .It Sy pmax/
1.40 pooka 752: MIPS-based DECstation architecture
1.44 augustss 753: .It Sy pmppc/
754: Artesyn's PM/PPC board
1.10 mrg 755: .It Sy powerpc/
1.40 pooka 756: PowerPC processor support
1.29 lukem 757: .It Sy prep/
1.40 pooka 758: PowerPC Reference Platform
759: .It Sy sandpoint/
760: Motorola Sandpoint reference platform
1.41 simonb 761: .It Sy sbmips/
762: Broadcom/SiByte MIPS architecture
1.26 soren 763: .It Sy sgimips/
1.40 pooka 764: SGI MIPS architecture
1.29 lukem 765: .It Sy sh3/
1.40 pooka 766: SH3 processor general support
767: .It Sy shark/
768: StrongARM based Digital DNARD ("Shark") machines
1.10 mrg 769: .It Sy sparc/
1.40 pooka 770: Sun Microsystems SPARC architecture
1.29 lukem 771: .It Sy sparc64/
1.40 pooka 772: Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC architecture
773: .It Sy sun2/
774: Sun Microsystems 68010-based Sun 2 architecture
1.10 mrg 775: .It Sy sun3/
1.40 pooka 776: Sun Microsystems 68020/68030-based Sun 3/3x architecture
777: .It Sy sun68k/
778: 680x0-based Sun architecture general support
1.10 mrg 779: .It Sy vax/
780: Digital Equipment Corp. VAX architecture
781: .It Sy x68k/
1.40 pooka 782: Sharp X680x0 680x0-based workstations
1.10 mrg 783: .El
784: .Pp
785: .It Sy compat/
786: kernel compatibility modules directory
787: .Pp
788: .Bl -tag -width "ossaudio/" -compact
789: .It Sy common/
790: common compatibility routines, old
791: .Bx 4
792: and
793: .Nx
794: routines.
795: .It Sy freebsd/
1.13 perry 796: support for
797: .Fx
798: binaries; see
1.10 mrg 799: .Xr compat_freebsd 8
800: .It Sy hpux/
801: support for 68000 HP-UX binaries
802: .It Sy ibcs2/
803: support for Intel Binary binaries
804: .It Sy linux/
805: support for Linux binaries; see
806: .Xr compat_linux 8
807: .It Sy m68k4k/
1.55 perry 808: support for 4KB page 68000 binaries
1.29 lukem 809: .It Sy netbsd32/
1.35 wiz 810: support for
811: .Nx
812: 32-bit binaries on 64 bit platforms with compatible CPU families
1.10 mrg 813: .It Sy osf1/
1.16 fair 814: support for
815: .Tn Digital
816: .Ux
817: .Po
818: formerly
819: .Tn OSF/1
820: .Pc
821: binaries
1.10 mrg 822: .It Sy ossaudio/
823: support for OSS audio
1.29 lukem 824: .It Sy pecoff/
825: support for
826: .Tn Win32
827: binaries; see
828: .Xr compat_pecoff 8
1.10 mrg 829: .It Sy sunos/
1.16 fair 830: support for
831: .Tn SunOS 4.x
832: binaries; see
1.10 mrg 833: .Xr compat_sunos 8
834: .It Sy svr4/
835: support for System V Release 4 binaries; see
836: .Xr compat_svr4 8
837: .It Sy ultrix/
1.16 fair 838: support for
1.53 wiz 839: .Tn ULTRIX
1.16 fair 840: binaries
1.29 lukem 841: .It Sy vax1k/
1.51 wiz 842: support for older VAX binaries that started on a 1 KB boundary
1.10 mrg 843: .El
844: .Pp
845: .It Sy conf/
846: architecture independent configuration directory
1.29 lukem 847: .It Sy crypto/
848: cryptographic kernel source, which may have import or export restrictions
1.10 mrg 849: .It Sy ddb/
850: in kernel debugger
851: .It Sy dev/
852: architecture independent device support
1.55 perry 853: .It Sy fs/
854: miscellaneous file systems
855: .Bl -tag -width "filecorefs/" -compact
856: .It Sy adosfs/
857: AmigaDOS file-system support; see
858: .Xr mount_ados 8
859: .It Sy cd9660/
860: support for the ISO-9660 filesystem; see
861: .Xr mount_cd9660 8
1.29 lukem 862: .It Sy filecorefs/
863: support for the Acorn RISC OS filecore filesystem; see
864: .Xr mount_filecore 8
1.55 perry 865: .It Sy msdosfs/
866: .Tn MS-DOS
867: file system; see
868: .Xr mount_msdos 8
869: .It Sy ntfs/
870: NTFS filesystem support; see
871: .Xr mount_ntfs 8
872: .It Sy smbfs
873: SMB/CIFS filesystem support; see
874: .Xr mount_smbfs 8
875: .It Sy union/
876: union file system; see
877: .Xr mount_union 8
878: .El
1.10 mrg 879: .It Sy gdbscripts/
880: support for accessing kernel structures from within the debugger
881: .Xr gdb 1 .
882: .It Sy ipkdb/
883: support for kernel debugging over the network
884: .Pp
885: .It Sy kern/
886: support for the high kernel (system calls)
887: .It Sy lib/
888: kernel libraries
889: .Pp
890: .Bl -tag -width "libkern/" -compact
891: .It Sy libkern/
892: C library routines used in the kernel
893: .It Sy libsa/
1.55 perry 894: machine independent stand alone kernel library
1.10 mrg 895: .It Sy libz/
896: compression library
897: .El
898: .Pp
899: .It Sy lkm/
900: loadable kernel modules
901: .Pp
1.29 lukem 902: .Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
1.10 mrg 903: .It Sy compat/
904: LKM support compatibility modules; currently unsupported.
905: .It Sy netinet/
906: LKM support networking modules
907: .Pp
908: .Bl -tag -width "if_ipl/" -compact
909: .It Sy if_ipl/
910: LKM for IP-Filter
911: .El
912: .Pp
913: .It Sy vfs/
914: LKM support for file systems.
915: .El
916: .Pp
917: .It Sy miscfs/
918: miscellaneous file systems
919: .Pp
920: .Bl -tag -width "deadfs/" -compact
921: .It Sy deadfs/
922: kernel only dead file system
923: .It Sy fdesc/
924: file descriptor file system; see
925: .Xr mount_fdesc 8
926: .It Sy fifofs/
927: POSIX FIFO support
928: .It Sy genfs/
929: kernel only generic file system
930: .It Sy kernfs/
931: kernel namespace file system; see
932: .Xr mount_kernfs 8
933: .It Sy nullfs/
934: loop back file system; see
935: .Xr mount_null 8
1.29 lukem 936: .It Sy overlay/
937: overlay file system; see
938: .Xr mount_overlay 8
1.10 mrg 939: .It Sy portal/
940: portal file system; see
941: .Xr mount_portal 8
942: .It Sy procfs/
943: process file system; see
944: .Xr mount_procfs 8
945: .It Sy specfs/
946: kernel only special file system
1.29 lukem 947: .It Sy syncfs/
948: kernel trickle sync algorithm
1.10 mrg 949: .It Sy umapfs/
950: user and group re-mapping file system; see
951: .Xr mount_umap 8
952: .El
953: .Pp
954: .It Sy net/
955: miscellaneous networking support
1.29 lukem 956: .It Sy netatalk/
957: AppleTalk networking support
1.10 mrg 958: .It Sy netccitt/
1.29 lukem 959: CCITT networking support
1.10 mrg 960: .It Sy netinet/
1.29 lukem 961: IP networking support
962: .It Sy netinet6/
963: IPv6 networking support
1.10 mrg 964: .It Sy netiso/
1.29 lukem 965: ISO networking support
966: .It Sy netkey/
967: Key database for IPsec networking support
1.10 mrg 968: .It Sy netnatm/
969: ATM networking support
970: .It Sy netns/
971: XNS networking support
972: .It Sy nfs/
973: NFS support
974: .It Sy stand/
975: kernel standalone support
976: .It Sy sys/
977: kernel (and system) include files
978: .It Sy ufs/
979: local filesystem support
980: .Pp
981: .Bl -tag -width "ffs/" -compact
982: .It Sy ffs/
983: the Berkeley Fast File System
984: .It Sy lfs/
985: the log-structured file system
986: .It Sy mfs/
987: the in-memory file system
988: .It Sy ufs/
1.16 fair 989: shared
990: .Ux
991: file system support
1.10 mrg 992: .El
1.29 lukem 993: .It Sy uvm/
994: UVM virtual memory system
1.10 mrg 995: .El
996: .It Sy usr.bin/
997: source for utilities/files in
998: .Pa /usr/bin
999: .It Sy usr.sbin/
1000: source for utilities/files in
1001: .Pa /usr/sbin
1.1 cgd 1002: .El
1.10 mrg 1003: .It Sy /var/
1.1 cgd 1004: multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
1005: .Pp
1006: .Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
1.17 fair 1007: .It Sy account/
1.1 cgd 1008: system accounting files
1009: .Pp
1.10 mrg 1010: .Bl -tag -width "acct" -compact
1011: .It Sy acct
1.1 cgd 1012: execution accounting file;
1013: see
1014: .Xr acct 5
1015: .El
1016: .Pp
1.10 mrg 1017: .It Sy at/
1.1 cgd 1018: timed command scheduling files;
1019: see
1.17 fair 1020: .Xr at 1
1.10 mrg 1021: .It Sy backups/
1022: miscellaneous backup files, largely of files found in
1023: .Pa /etc
1.34 lukem 1024: .It Sy chroot/
1025: home directories of applications which are run in a
1026: .Xr chroot 8
1027: .Dq cage .
1.10 mrg 1028: .It Sy crash/
1029: system crash dumps; see
1030: .Xr savecore 8
1.29 lukem 1031: .It Sy cron/
1032: scheduled commands configuration files; see
1033: .Xr cron 8
1.17 fair 1034: .It Sy db/
1.59 agc 1035: miscellaneous automatically generated system-specific database files,
1036: and persistent files used in the maintenance of third party software.
1037: .Pp
1038: .Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
1039: .It Sy pkg
1040: default location for metadata related to third party software
1041: packages.
1.60 wiz 1042: See
1.59 agc 1043: .Xr pkg_install 1
1.60 wiz 1044: for more details of the
1045: .Nx
1046: Packages Collection, or pkgsrc.
1.59 agc 1047: .El
1048: .Pp
1.17 fair 1049: .It Sy games/
1.10 mrg 1050: miscellaneous game status and log files
1.29 lukem 1051: .It Sy heimdal/
1052: Kerberos 5 KDC database; see
1053: .Xr kdc 8
1.17 fair 1054: .It Sy log/
1.10 mrg 1055: miscellaneous system log files
1056: .Pp
1057: .Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
1058: .It Sy amd.*
1059: .Xr amd 8
1060: logs
1061: .It Sy daily.out
1062: output of the last run of the
1063: .Pa /etc/daily
1064: script
1065: .It Sy ftp.*
1066: .Xr ftp 1
1067: logs
1068: .It Sy kerberos.*
1.33 wiz 1069: .Xr kerberos 8
1.10 mrg 1070: logs
1071: .It Sy lastlog
1.17 fair 1072: system last time logged in log; see
1.10 mrg 1073: .Xr utmp 5
1074: .It Sy lpd-errs.*
1075: printer daemon error logs; see
1076: .Xr lpd 8
1077: .It Sy maillog.*
1078: .Xr sendmail 8
1079: log files
1080: .It Sy messages.*
1081: general system information log
1082: .It Sy monthly.out
1083: output of the last run of the
1084: .Pa /etc/monthly
1085: script
1086: .It Sy secure
1087: sensitive security information log
1088: .It Sy sendmail.st
1089: .Xr sendmail 8
1090: statistics
1091: .It Sy timed.*
1092: .Xr timed 8
1093: logs
1094: .It Sy weekly.out
1095: output of the last run of the
1096: .Pa /etc/weekly
1097: script
1098: .It Sy wtmp
1.1 cgd 1099: login/logout log;
1100: see
1.10 mrg 1101: .Xr utmp 5
1.1 cgd 1102: .El
1103: .Pp
1.17 fair 1104: .It Sy mail/
1.10 mrg 1105: user system mailboxes
1106: .It Sy msgs/
1107: system messages; see
1108: .Xr msgs 1
1.17 fair 1109: .\" since we use nvi (now called vi) this isn't the place any more, is it?
1.10 mrg 1110: .It Sy preserve/
1111: temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of
1112: .Xr ex 1
1113: or
1114: .Xr vi 1
1.17 fair 1115: .It Sy quotas/
1.10 mrg 1116: filesystem quota information
1117: .It Sy run/
1118: system information files, rebuilt after each reboot
1119: .Pp
1120: .Bl -tag -width "utmp" -compact
1121: .It Sy utmp
1122: database of current users; see
1.1 cgd 1123: .Xr utmp 5
1124: .El
1125: .Pp
1.17 fair 1126: .It Sy rwho/
1.10 mrg 1127: rwho data files; see
1.1 cgd 1128: .Xr rwhod 8 ,
1129: .Xr rwho 1 ,
1130: and
1131: .Xr ruptime 1
1.17 fair 1132: .It Sy spool/
1.10 mrg 1133: miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories
1.1 cgd 1134: .Pp
1.10 mrg 1135: .Bl -tag -width "uucppublic/" -compact
1.17 fair 1136: .It Sy ftp/
1.10 mrg 1137: commonly
1138: .Dq ~ftp ,
1139: the anonymous ftp root directory; see
1.9 hubertf 1140: .Xr ftpd 8
1.17 fair 1141: .It Sy mqueue/
1.55 perry 1142: sendmail mail queue;
1.1 cgd 1143: see
1144: .Xr sendmail 8
1.10 mrg 1145: .It Sy news/
1146: Network news archival and spooling directories
1147: .It Sy output/
1148: printer spooling directories
1.55 perry 1149: .It Sy postfix/
1150: postfix mail queue;
1151: see
1152: .Xr postfix 1
1.17 fair 1153: .It Sy uucp/
1.1 cgd 1154: uucp spool directory
1.10 mrg 1155: .It Sy uucppublic/
1156: commonly
1157: .Dq ~uucp ,
1158: the uucp public temporary directory; see
1159: .Xr uucp 1
1.1 cgd 1160: .El
1161: .Pp
1.17 fair 1162: .It Sy tmp/
1.10 mrg 1163: temporary files that are not discarded between system reboots
1164: .Pp
1165: .Bl -tag -width "vi.recover/" -compact
1166: .It Sy vi.recover/
1.17 fair 1167: recovery directory for new
1168: .Xr vi 1
1.10 mrg 1169: .El
1.46 grant 1170: .Pp
1.29 lukem 1171: .It Sy yp/
1172: Databases and configuration for the NIS (YP) system; see
1173: .Xr nis 8 .
1.1 cgd 1174: .El
1175: .El
1176: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.10 mrg 1177: .Xr apropos 1 ,
1.17 fair 1178: .Xr ls 1 ,
1.1 cgd 1179: .Xr whatis 1 ,
1180: .Xr whereis 1 ,
1.56 wiz 1181: .Xr which 1
1.1 cgd 1182: .Sh HISTORY
1183: A
1.17 fair 1184: .Nm
1.1 cgd 1185: manual page appeared in
1186: .At v7 .
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