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36.Dd December 20, 2002
37.Dt HIER 7
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm hier
41.Nd layout of filesystems
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43An outline of the filesystem hierarchy.
44.Pp
45Naming is very important.
46The
47.Ux
48System relies on filename conventions for much of its power as a system.
49The following file system layout describes generally where things are
50and what they are, with references to other man pages for more detailed
51documentation.
52.Pp
53Not all files will be in every system.
54.Pp
55.Bl -tag -width "/altroot/"
56.It Sy \&/
57root directory of the system
58.It Sy /COPYRIGHT
59system copyright notice, most often put on
60.Tn CD-ROM
61distributions.
62.It Sy "/[a-z]/"
63user filesystems
64.It Sy /altroot/
65alternate root filesystem, in case of disaster
66.It Sy /amd/
67home directories mount point; see
68.Xr amd 8
69.It Sy /bin/
70utilities used in both single and multi-user environments
71.It Sy /boot*
72second-stage boot loader(s) for some platforms; see
73.Xr installboot 8
74.It Sy /dev/
75block, character and other special device files
76.Pp
77.Bl -tag -width "MAKEDEV" -compact
78.It Sy MAKEDEV
79script for creating device files;
80see
81.Xr makedev 8
82.It Sy console
83the computer's console device
84.It Sy fd/
85file descriptor files;
86see
87.Xr fd 4
88.It Sy drum
89system swap space; see
90.Xr drum 4
91.It Sy klog
92kernel logging device; see
93.Xr syslog 3
94.It Sy kmem
95kernel virtual memory device; see
96.Xr mem 4
97.It Sy log
98.Ux
99domain datagram log socket; see
100.Xr syslogd 8
101.It Sy mem
102kernel physical memory device; see
103.Xr mem 4
104.It Sy stderr
105.It Sy stdin
106.It Sy stdout
107file descriptor files;
108see
109.Xr fd 4
110.It Sy null
111the null device; see
112.Xr null 4
113.It Sy tty
114process' controlling terminal device; see
115.Xr tty 4
116.It Sy zero
117the zero device; see
118.Xr zero 4
119.El
120.It Sy /dump/
121online
122.Xr dump 8
123repository
124.It Sy /etc/
125system configuration files and scripts
126.Pp
127.Bl -tag -width "master.passwd" -compact
128.It Sy amd*
129configuration files for
130.Xr amd 8
131.It Sy changelist
132files backed up by the security script
133.It Sy crontab
134schedule used by the
135.Xr cron 8
136daemon
137.It Sy csh.cshrc
138.It Sy csh.login
139.It Sy csh.logout
140system-wide scripts for
141.Xr csh 1
142.It Sy daily
143script run each day by
144.Xr cron 8
145.It Sy daily.conf
146configuration file for
147.Sy daily ;
148see
149.Xr daily.conf 5
150.It Sy defaults/
151default configuration files read by various
152.Pa /etc/*.conf
153files
154.It Sy disktab
155disk description file, see
156.Xr disktab 5
157.It Sy dm.conf
158dungeon master configuration; see
159.Xr dm.conf 5
160.It Sy dumpdates
161dump history; see
162.Xr dump 8
163.It Sy exports
164filesystem export information; see
165.Xr mountd 8
166.It Sy fstab
167filesystem information; see
168.Xr fstab 5
169and
170.Xr mount 8
171.It Sy ftpusers
172users denied
173.Xr ftp 1
174access; see
175.Xr ftpd 8
176.It Sy ftpwelcome
177.Xr ftp 1
178initial message; see
179.Xr ftpd 8
180.It Sy gettytab
181terminal configuration database; see
182.Xr gettytab 5
183.It Sy group
184group permissions file; see
185.Xr group 5
186.It Sy hosts
187host name database backup for
188.Xr named 8 ;
189see
190.Xr hosts 5
191.It Sy hosts.equiv
192trusted machines with equivalent user ID's
193.It Sy hosts.lpd
194trusted machines with printing privileges
195.It Sy inetd.conf
196Internet server configuration file; see
197.Xr inetd 8
198.It Sy kerberosIV/
199configuration files for the kerberos version IV;
200see
201.Xr kerberos 8
202.It Sy localtime
203local timezone information;
204see
205.Xr ctime 3
206.It Sy mail/
207configuration files for
208.Xr sendmail 8
209.Pp
210.Bl -tag -width "sendmail.*" -compact
211.It Sy aliases*
212name alias files
213.It Sy sendmail.*
214.Xr sendmail 8
215configuration information
216.El
217.It Sy mail.rc
218system-wide initialization script for
219.Xr mail 1
220.It Sy man.conf
221configuration file for
222.Xr man 1 ;
223see
224.Xr man.conf 5
225.It Sy master.passwd
226.It Sy passwd
227.It Sy pwd.db
228.It Sy spwd.db
229password files and their databases; see
230.Xr pwd_mkdb 8
231.It Sy mk.conf
232optional file containing
233.Xr make 1
234variables, read by pkgsrc and the system sources.
235.It Sy monthly
236script run each month by
237.Xr cron 8
238.It Sy monthly.conf
239configuration file for
240.Sy monthly ;
241see
242.Xr monthly.conf 5
243.It Sy motd
244system message of the day
245.It Sy mtree/
246mtree configuration files;
247see
248.Xr mtree 8
249.It Sy named.*
250.It Sy namedb/
251named configuration files and databases;
252see
253.Xr named 8
254.It Sy netgroup
255network groups; see
256.Xr netgroup 5
257.It Sy netstart
258network startup script
259.It Sy networks
260network name data base; see
261.Xr networks 5
262.It Sy phones
263remote host phone number data base; see
264.Xr phones 5
265.It Sy printcap
266system printer configuration; see
267.Xr printcap 5
268.It Sy protocols
269protocol name database; see
270.Xr protocols 5
271.It Sy rc
272.It Sy rc.shutdown
273.It Sy rc.local
274.It Sy rc.d/
275system startup and shutdown scripts; see
276.Xr rc 8
277and
278.Xr rc.d 8
279.It Sy rc.conf
280configuration file for system startup and shutdown scripts; see
281.Xr rc.conf 5
282.It Sy remote
283remote host description file; see
284.Xr remote 5
285.It Sy security
286daily (in)security script run by
287.Xr cron 8
288.It Sy security.conf
289configuration file for
290.Sy security ;
291see
292.Xr security.conf 5
293.It Sy services
294service name data base; see
295.Xr services 5
296.It Sy shells
297list of permitted shells; see
298.Xr shells 5
299.It Sy sliphome/
300.Tn SLIP
301login/logout scripts; see
302.Xr sliplogin 8
303.It Sy syslog.conf
304.Xr syslogd 8
305configuration file; see
306.Xr syslog.conf 5
307.It Sy termcap
308terminal type database; see
309.Xr termcap 3
310.It Sy ttys
311terminal initialization information; see
312.Xr ttys 5
313.It Sy uucp/
314UUCP configuration files; see
315.Xr uucp 1
316and
317.Xr uucico 8 .
318.It Sy weekly
319script run each week by
320.Xr cron 8
321.It Sy weekly.conf
322configuration file for
323.Sy weekly ;
324see
325.Xr weekly.conf 5
326.El
327.It Sy /home/
328mount point for the automounter; see
329.Xr amd 8
330.It Sy /lib/
331dynamic linked libraries used by dynamic linked programs
332(such as those in
333.Pa /bin/
334and
335.Pa /sbin/ )
336that cannot rely upon
337.Pa /usr/lib/
338being available.
339.It Sy /libexec/
340system utilities (such as the dynamic linker) required by programs
341and libraries that cannot rely upon
342.Pa /usr/libexec/
343being available.
344.It Sy /mnt/
345empty directory commonly used by
346system administrators as a temporary mount point
347.It Sy /netbsd
348pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory
349at boot time).
350.It Sy /rescue/
351statically linked rescue tools, for use in system recovery
352.It Sy /root/
353home directory for the super-user
354.Pp
355.Bl -tag -width ".profile" -compact
356.It Sy \&.rhosts
357super-user id mapping between machines
358.It Sy \&.cshrc
359super-user start-up file
360.It Sy \&.login
361super-user start-up file
362.It Sy \&.profile
363super-user start-up file
364.El
365.ne 1i
366.It Sy /sbin/
367system programs and administration utilities
368used in both single-user and multi-user environments
369.It Sy /stand/
370programs used in a standalone environment
371.It Sy /tmp/
372temporary files, usually a
373.Xr mfs 8
374memory-based filesystem (the contents of
375.Pa /tmp
376are usually
377.Em not
378preserved across a system reboot)
379.It Sy /usr/
380contains the majority of the system utilities and files
381.Pp
382.Bl -tag -width "libdata/" -compact
383.It Sy X11R6/
384X11 files
385.Pp
386.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
387.It Sy bin/
388X11 binaries
389.It Sy include/
390X11 include files
391.It Sy lib/
392X11 libraries
393.El
394.Pp
395.It Sy bin/
396common utilities, programming tools, and applications
397.It Sy games/
398the important stuff
399.It Sy include/
400standard C include files
401.Pp
402.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
403.It Sy arpa/
404include files for Internet service protocols
405.It Sy g++/
406include files for the C++ compiler
407.It Sy kerberosIV/
408include files for kerberos authentication package;
409see
410.Xr kerberos 8
411.It Sy machine/
412machine specific include files
413.It Sy net/
414.It Sy netatalk/
415C include files for AppleTalk protocols
416miscellaneous network include files;
417see
418.Xr atalk 4
419.It Sy netccitt/
420CCITT networking include files
421.It Sy netinet/
422include files for Internet standard protocols; see
423.Xr inet 4
424.It Sy netinet6/
425include files for Internet protocol version 6; see
426.Xr inet6 4
427.It Sy netiso/
428include files for ISO standard protocols; see
429.Xr iso 4
430.It Sy netkey/
431include files for secret key management, used for security protocols; see
432.Xr ipsec 4
433.It Sy natm/
434C include files for native mode ATM
435.It Sy netns/
436C include files for XNS standard protocols; see
437.Xr ns 4
438.It Sy nfs/
439C include files for NFS (Network File System)
440.It Sy protocols/
441C include files for Berkeley service protocols
442.It Sy sys/
443system C include files (kernel data structures)
444.It Sy ufs/
445C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
446.El
447.Pp
448.It Sy lib/
449archive, profiled, position independant archive, and shared libraries
450.It Sy libdata/
451miscellaneous utility data files
452.It Sy libexec/
453system daemons \*[Am] system utilities (executed by other programs)
454.Pp
455.Bl -tag -width "uucp/" -compact
456.It Sy uucp/
457UUCP binaries and scripts (historically placed; to be moved)
458.El
459.Pp
460.It Sy mdec/
461boot blocks, etc.
462.It Sy pkg/
463packages maintained by groups other than the
464.Nx
465Project.
466.Pp
467.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
468.It Sy bin/
469contributed binaries
470.It Sy sbin/
471contributed system utilities
472.It Sy include/
473contributed include files
474.It Sy libexec/
475contributed daemons
476.It Sy libdata/
477contributed data files
478.El
479.Pp
480.It Sy pkgsrc/
481build descriptions ("packages") for the
482.Nx
483packages system.
484.Pp
485.Bl -tag -width "distfiles" -compact
486.It Sy distfiles
487Where unchanged source archives are fetched to/stored
488.It Sy packages
489Where compiled binary packages are stored
490.El
491.Pp
492There are also several other subdirectories which contain packages of
493a certain category, e.g. archivers, graphics, ...
494.Pp
495.It Sy obj/
496architecture-specific target tree produced by building the
497.Pa /usr/src
498tree; normally a symbolic link or mounted filesystem
499.It Sy sbin/
500system daemons and system utilities (normally executed by the super-user)
501.It Sy share/
502architecture-independent text files
503.Pp
504.Bl -tag -width "calendar/" -compact
505.It Sy calendar/
506a variety of calendar files; see
507.Xr calendar 1
508.It Sy dict/
509word lists;
510see
511.Xr look 1
512and
513.Xr spell 1
514.Pp
515.Bl -tag -width "special/" -compact
516.It Sy words
517common words
518.It Sy web2
519words of Webster's 2nd International
520.It Sy papers/
521reference databases;
522see
523.Xr refer 1
524.It Sy special/
525custom word lists;
526see
527.Xr spell 1
528.El
529.Pp
530.It Sy doc/
531miscellaneous documentation; source for most of the printed
532.Bx 4.3
533manuals (available
534from the
535.Tn USENIX
536association)
537.It Sy games/
538text files used by various games
539.It Sy lkm/
540documentation on the loadable kernel modules interface
541.It Sy man/
542formatted manual pages
543.It Sy me/
544macros for use with the
545.Xr me 7
546macro package
547.It Sy misc/
548miscellaneous system-wide text files
549.Pp
550.Bl -tag -width "termcap" -compact
551.It Sy termcap
552terminal characteristics database;
553see
554.Xr termcap 5
555.El
556.Pp
557.It Sy mk/
558include files for
559.Xr make 1
560.It Sy ms/
561macros for use with the
562.Xr ms 7
563macro package
564.It Sy skel/
565sample initialization files for new user accounts
566.It Sy tabset/
567tab description files for a variety of terminals, used in
568the termcap file;
569see
570.Xr termcap 5
571.It Sy tmac/
572text processing macros;
573see
574.Xr nroff 1
575and
576.Xr troff 1
577.It Sy zoneinfo/
578timezone configuration information;
579see
580.Xr tzfile 5
581.El
582.Pp
583.El
584.Pp
585.It Sy /usr/src/
586.Nx
587and local source files
588.Pp
589.Bl -tag -width "domestic/" -compact
590.It Sy bin/
591source for utilities/files in
592.Pa /bin
593.It Sy distrib/
594tools and data-files for making distributions
595.It Sy crypto/
596cryptographic source, which may have import or export restrictions
597.It Sy dist/
598third-party
599.Sq virgin
600source code, referenced by other parts of the source tree
601.It Sy etc/
602source (usually example files) for files in
603.Pa /etc
604.It Sy games/
605source for utilities/files in
606.Pa /usr/games
607.It Sy gnu/
608source for programs covered by the
609.Tn GNU
610license (or similar)
611.It Sy include/
612source for files in
613.Pa /usr/include
614.It Sy lib/
615source for libraries in
616.Pa /usr/lib
617.It Sy libexec/
618source for utilities/files in
619.Pa /usr/libexec
620.It Sy regress/
621various regression tests
622.It Sy sbin/
623source for utilities/files in
624.Pa /sbin
625.It Sy share/
626source for files in
627.Pa /usr/share
628.Pp
629.Bl -tag -width "doc/" -compact
630.It Sy doc/
631.Pp
632.Bl -tag -width "papers/" -compact
633.It Sy papers/
634source for various Berkeley technical papers
635.It Sy psd/
636source for Programmer's Supplementary Documents
637.It Sy smm/
638source for System Manager's Manual
639.It Sy usd/
640source for User's Supplementary Documents
641.Pp
642.El
643.El
644.It Sy sys/
645kernel source files
646.Pp
647.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
648.It Sy adosfs/
649AmigaDOS file-system support; see
650.Xr mount_ados 8
651.It Sy arch/
652architecture-specific support
653.Pp
654.Bl -tag -width "playstation2/" -compact
655.It Sy acorn26/
656ARM2 and ARM3 based systems
657.It Sy acorn32/
658Acorn RiscPC/A7000/NC and compatibles
659.It Sy algor/
660Algorithmics MIPS evaluations board
661.It Sy alpha/
662Digital Equipment Corp. Alpha architecture
663.It Sy amiga/
664Amiga architecture
665.It Sy amigappc/
666PowerPC based Amiga architecture
667.It Sy arc/
668ARC specification compliant systems.
669.It Sy arm/
670ARM processor general support
671.It Sy atari/
672Atari architecture
673.It Sy bebox/
674Be Inc. BeBox architecture
675.It Sy cats/
676Chalice Technology StrongARM evaluation board
677.It Sy cesfic/
678CES FIC8234 VME processor board
679.It Sy cobalt/
680Cobalt Networks MIPS Microserver architecture
681.It Sy dreamcast/
682Sega Dreamcast game console
683.It Sy evbarm/
684ARM based evaluation boards
685.It Sy evbmips/
686MIPS based evaluation boards
687.It Sy evbppc/
688PowerPC based evaluation board
689.It Sy evbsh3/
690SH3 based evaluation boards
691.It Sy hp300/
692Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 680x0-based workstations
693.It Sy hparm/
694StrongARM based WinCE hand-held devices
695.It Sy hpcmips/
696MIPS based WinCE hand-held devices
697.It Sy hpcsh/
698Hitachi SH3/4 based WinCE hand-held devices
699.It Sy i386/
700Intel 386/486/Pentium/etc. workstations
701.It Sy luna68k/
702Omron LUNA 68000-based workstations
703.It Sy m68k/
704680x0 processor support
705.It Sy mac68k/
706Apple Computer 680x0-based workstations
707.It Sy macppc/
708Apple Computer PowerPC-based workstations
709.It Sy mips/
710MIPS processor support
711.It Sy mipsco/
712Mips Computer Systems Inc. architecture
713.It Sy mmeye/
714Brains Inc. SH3 based mmEye multimedia server
715.It Sy mvme68k/
716VME 680x0-based cards
717.It Sy news68k/
718Sony NEWS 680x0-based workstations
719.It Sy newsmips/
720Sony NEWS MIPS-based workstations
721.It Sy next68k/
722NeXT 680x0-based workstations
723.It Sy ofppc/
724Open Firmware PowerPC workstations
725.It Sy pc532/
726pc532 architecture
727.It Sy playstation2/
728SONY PlayStation 2
729.It Sy pmax/
730MIPS-based DECstation architecture
731.It Sy pmppc/
732Artesyn's PM/PPC board
733.It Sy powerpc/
734PowerPC processor support
735.It Sy prep/
736PowerPC Reference Platform
737.It Sy sandpoint/
738Motorola Sandpoint reference platform
739.It Sy sbmips/
740Broadcom/SiByte MIPS architecture
741.It Sy sgimips/
742SGI MIPS architecture
743.It Sy sh3/
744SH3 processor general support
745.It Sy shark/
746StrongARM based Digital DNARD ("Shark") machines
747.It Sy sparc/
748Sun Microsystems SPARC architecture
749.It Sy sparc64/
750Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC architecture
751.It Sy sun2/
752Sun Microsystems 68010-based Sun 2 architecture
753.It Sy sun3/
754Sun Microsystems 68020/68030-based Sun 3/3x architecture
755.It Sy sun68k/
756680x0-based Sun architecture general support
757.It Sy vax/
758Digital Equipment Corp. VAX architecture
759.It Sy x68k/
760Sharp X680x0 680x0-based workstations
761.It Sy x86_64/
762AMD x86-64(tm) 64-bit CPU
763.El
764.Pp
765.It Sy compat/
766kernel compatibility modules directory
767.Pp
768.Bl -tag -width "ossaudio/" -compact
769.It Sy common/
770common compatibility routines, old
771.Bx 4
772and
773.Nx
774routines.
775.It Sy freebsd/
776support for
777.Fx
778binaries; see
779.Xr compat_freebsd 8
780.It Sy hpux/
781support for 68000 HP-UX binaries
782.It Sy ibcs2/
783support for Intel Binary binaries
784.It Sy linux/
785support for Linux binaries; see
786.Xr compat_linux 8
787.It Sy m68k4k/
788support for 4Kb page 68000 binaries
789.It Sy netbsd32/
790support for
791.Nx
79232-bit binaries on 64 bit platforms with compatible CPU families
793.It Sy osf1/
794support for
795.Tn Digital
796.Ux
797.Po
798formerly
799.Tn OSF/1
800.Pc
801binaries
802.It Sy ossaudio/
803support for OSS audio
804.It Sy pecoff/
805support for
806.Tn Win32
807binaries; see
808.Xr compat_pecoff 8
809.It Sy sunos/
810support for
811.Tn SunOS 4.x
812binaries; see
813.Xr compat_sunos 8
814.It Sy svr4/
815support for System V Release 4 binaries; see
816.Xr compat_svr4 8
817.It Sy ultrix/
818support for
819.Tn Ultrix
820binaries
821.It Sy vax1k/
822support for older Vax binaries that started on a 1 KB boundary
823.El
824.Pp
825.It Sy conf/
826architecture independent configuration directory
827.It Sy crypto/
828cryptographic kernel source, which may have import or export restrictions
829.It Sy ddb/
830in kernel debugger
831.It Sy dev/
832architecture independent device support
833.It Sy filecorefs/
834support for the Acorn RISC OS filecore filesystem; see
835.Xr mount_filecore 8
836.It Sy gdbscripts/
837support for accessing kernel structures from within the debugger
838.Xr gdb 1 .
839.It Sy ipkdb/
840support for kernel debugging over the network
841.It Sy isofs/
842support for ISO filesystems
843.Pp
844.Bl -tag -width "cd9660/" -compact
845.It Sy cd9660/
846support for the ISO-9660 filesystem; see
847.Xr mount_cd9660 8
848.El
849.Pp
850.It Sy kern/
851support for the high kernel (system calls)
852.It Sy lib/
853kernel libraries
854.Pp
855.Bl -tag -width "libkern/" -compact
856.It Sy libkern/
857C library routines used in the kernel
858.It Sy libsa/
859machine independant stand alone kernel library
860.It Sy libz/
861compression library
862.El
863.Pp
864.It Sy lkm/
865loadable kernel modules
866.Pp
867.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
868.It Sy compat/
869LKM support compatibility modules;  currently unsupported.
870.It Sy netinet/
871LKM support networking modules
872.Pp
873.Bl -tag -width "if_ipl/" -compact
874.It Sy if_ipl/
875LKM for IP-Filter
876.El
877.Pp
878.It Sy vfs/
879LKM support for file systems.
880.El
881.Pp
882.It Sy miscfs/
883miscellaneous file systems
884.Pp
885.Bl -tag -width "deadfs/" -compact
886.It Sy deadfs/
887kernel only dead file system
888.It Sy fdesc/
889file descriptor file system; see
890.Xr mount_fdesc 8
891.It Sy fifofs/
892POSIX FIFO support
893.It Sy genfs/
894kernel only generic file system
895.It Sy kernfs/
896kernel namespace file system; see
897.Xr mount_kernfs 8
898.It Sy nullfs/
899loop back file system; see
900.Xr mount_null 8
901.It Sy overlay/
902overlay file system; see
903.Xr mount_overlay 8
904.It Sy portal/
905portal file system; see
906.Xr mount_portal 8
907.It Sy procfs/
908process file system; see
909.Xr mount_procfs 8
910.It Sy specfs/
911kernel only special file system
912.It Sy syncfs/
913kernel trickle sync algorithm
914.It Sy umapfs/
915user and group re-mapping file system; see
916.Xr mount_umap 8
917.It Sy union/
918union file system; see
919.Xr mount_union 8
920.El
921.Pp
922.It Sy msdosfs/
923.Tn MS-DOS
924file system; see
925.Xr mount_msdos 8
926.It Sy net/
927miscellaneous networking support
928.It Sy netatalk/
929AppleTalk networking support
930.It Sy netccitt/
931CCITT networking support
932.It Sy netinet/
933IP networking support
934.It Sy netinet6/
935IPv6 networking support
936.It Sy netiso/
937ISO networking support
938.It Sy netkey/
939Key database for IPsec networking support
940.It Sy netnatm/
941ATM networking support
942.It Sy netns/
943XNS networking support
944.It Sy nfs/
945NFS support
946.It Sy ntfs/
947NTFS filesystem support
948.It Sy stand/
949kernel standalone support
950.It Sy sys/
951kernel (and system) include files
952.It Sy ufs/
953local filesystem support
954.Pp
955.Bl -tag -width "ffs/" -compact
956.It Sy ffs/
957the Berkeley Fast File System
958.It Sy lfs/
959the log-structured file system
960.It Sy mfs/
961the in-memory file system
962.It Sy ufs/
963shared
964.Ux
965file system support
966.El
967.It Sy uvm/
968UVM virtual memory system
969.El
970.It Sy usr.bin/
971source for utilities/files in
972.Pa /usr/bin
973.It Sy usr.sbin/
974source for utilities/files in
975.Pa /usr/sbin
976.El
977.It Sy /var/
978multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
979.Pp
980.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
981.It Sy account/
982system accounting files
983.Pp
984.Bl -tag -width "acct" -compact
985.It Sy acct
986execution accounting file;
987see
988.Xr acct 5
989.El
990.Pp
991.It Sy at/
992timed command scheduling files;
993see
994.Xr at 1
995.It Sy backups/
996miscellaneous backup files, largely of files found in
997.Pa /etc
998.It Sy chroot/
999home directories of applications which are run in a
1000.Xr chroot 8
1001.Dq cage .
1002.It Sy crash/
1003system crash dumps; see
1004.Xr savecore 8
1005.It Sy cron/
1006scheduled commands configuration files; see
1007.Xr cron 8
1008.It Sy db/
1009miscellaneous automatically generated system-specific database files
1010.It Sy games/
1011miscellaneous game status and log files
1012.It Sy heimdal/
1013Kerberos 5 KDC database; see
1014.Xr kdc 8
1015.It Sy log/
1016miscellaneous system log files
1017.Pp
1018.Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
1019.It Sy amd.*
1020.Xr amd 8
1021logs
1022.It Sy daily.out
1023output of the last run of the
1024.Pa /etc/daily
1025script
1026.It Sy ftp.*
1027.Xr ftp 1
1028logs
1029.It Sy kerberos.*
1030.Xr kerberos 8
1031logs
1032.It Sy lastlog
1033system last time logged in log; see
1034.Xr utmp 5
1035.It Sy lpd-errs.*
1036printer daemon error logs; see
1037.Xr lpd 8
1038.It Sy maillog.*
1039.Xr sendmail 8
1040log files
1041.It Sy messages.*
1042general system information log
1043.It Sy monthly.out
1044output of the last run of the
1045.Pa /etc/monthly
1046script
1047.It Sy secure
1048sensitive security information log
1049.It Sy sendmail.st
1050.Xr sendmail 8
1051statistics
1052.It Sy timed.*
1053.Xr timed 8
1054logs
1055.It Sy weekly.out
1056output of the last run of the
1057.Pa /etc/weekly
1058script
1059.It Sy wtmp
1060login/logout log;
1061see
1062.Xr utmp 5
1063.El
1064.Pp
1065.It Sy mail/
1066user system mailboxes
1067.It Sy msgs/
1068system messages; see
1069.Xr msgs 1
1070.\" since we use nvi (now called vi) this isn't the place any more, is it?
1071.It Sy pkg/
1072working files for third party packages
1073.It Sy preserve/
1074temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of
1075.Xr ex 1
1076or
1077.Xr vi 1
1078.It Sy quotas/
1079filesystem quota information
1080.It Sy run/
1081system information files, rebuilt after each reboot
1082.Pp
1083.Bl -tag -width "utmp" -compact
1084.It Sy utmp
1085database of current users; see
1086.Xr utmp 5
1087.El
1088.Pp
1089.It Sy rwho/
1090rwho data files; see
1091.Xr rwhod 8 ,
1092.Xr rwho 1 ,
1093and
1094.Xr ruptime 1
1095.It Sy spool/
1096miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories
1097.Pp
1098.Bl -tag -width "uucppublic/" -compact
1099.It Sy ftp/
1100commonly
1101.Dq ~ftp ,
1102the anonymous ftp root directory; see
1103.Xr ftpd 8
1104.It Sy mqueue/
1105undelivered mail queue;
1106see
1107.Xr sendmail 8
1108.It Sy news/
1109Network news archival and spooling directories
1110.It Sy output/
1111printer spooling directories
1112.It Sy uucp/
1113uucp spool directory
1114.It Sy uucppublic/
1115commonly
1116.Dq ~uucp ,
1117the uucp public temporary directory; see
1118.Xr uucp 1
1119.El
1120.Pp
1121.It Sy tmp/
1122temporary files that are not discarded between system reboots
1123.Pp
1124.Bl -tag -width "vi.recover/" -compact
1125.It Sy vi.recover/
1126recovery directory for new
1127.Xr vi 1
1128.El
1129.Pp
1130.It Sy yp/
1131Databases and configuration for the NIS (YP) system; see
1132.Xr nis 8 .
1133.El
1134.El
1135.Sh SEE ALSO
1136.Xr apropos 1 ,
1137.Xr ls 1 ,
1138.Xr whatis 1 ,
1139.Xr whereis 1 ,
1140.Xr which 1
1141.Sh HISTORY
1142A
1143.Nm
1144manual page appeared in
1145.At v7 .
1146