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36.Dd October 15, 2001
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.Bp
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 /mnt/
331empty directory commonly used by
332system administrators as a temporary mount point
333.It Sy /netbsd
334pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory
335at boot time).
336.It Sy /root/
337home directory for the super-user
338.Pp
339.Bl -tag -width ".profile" -compact
340.It Sy \&.rhosts
341super-user id mapping between machines
342.It Sy \&.cshrc
343super-user start-up file
344.It Sy \&.login
345super-user start-up file
346.It Sy \&.profile
347super-user start-up file
348.El
349.ne 1i
350.It Sy /sbin/
351system programs and administration utilities
352used in both single-user and multi-user environments
353.It Sy /stand/
354programs used in a standalone environment
355.It Sy /sys
356symbolic link to the operating system source
357.It Sy /tmp/
358temporary files, usually a
359.Xr mfs 8
360memory-based filesystem (the contents
361of /tmp are usually NOT preserved across a system reboot)
362.It Sy /usr/
363contains the majority of the system utilities and files
364.Pp
365.Bl -tag -width "libdata/" -compact
366.It Sy X11R6/
367X11 files
368.Pp
369.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
370.It Sy bin/
371X11 binaries
372.It Sy include/
373X11 include files
374.It Sy lib/
375X11 libraries
376.El
377.Pp
378.It Sy bin/
379common utilities, programming tools, and applications
380.It Sy games/
381the important stuff
382.It Sy include/
383standard C include files
384.Pp
385.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
386.It Sy arpa/
387include files for Internet service protocols
388.It Sy g++/
389include files for the C++ compiler
390.It Sy kerberosIV/
391include files for kerberos authentication package;
392see
393.Xr kerberos 8
394.It Sy machine/
395machine specific include files
396.It Sy net/
397.It Sy netatalk/
398C include files for AppleTalk protocols
399miscellaneous network include files;
400see
401.Xr atalk 4
402.It Sy netccitt/
403CCITT networking include files
404.It Sy netinet/
405include files for Internet standard protocols; see
406.Xr inet 4
407.It Sy netinet6/
408include files for Internet protocol version 6; see
409.Xr inet6 4
410.It Sy netiso/
411include files for ISO standard protocols; see
412.Xr iso 4
413.It Sy netkey/
414include files for secret key management, used for security protocols; see
415.Xr ipsec 4
416.It Sy natm/
417C include files for native mode ATM
418.It Sy netns/
419C include files for XNS standard protocols; see
420.Xr ns 4
421.It Sy nfs/
422C include files for NFS (Network File System)
423.It Sy protocols/
424C include files for Berkeley service protocols
425.It Sy sys/
426system C include files (kernel data structures)
427.It Sy ufs/
428C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
429.El
430.Pp
431.It Sy lib/
432archive, profiled, position independant archive, and shared libraries
433.It Sy libdata/
434miscellaneous utility data files
435.It Sy libexec/
436system daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs)
437.Pp
438.Bl -tag -width "uucp/" -compact
439.It Sy uucp/
440UUCP binaries and scripts (historically placed; to be moved)
441.El
442.Pp
443.It Sy local/
444local executables, libraries, etc.
445.Pp
446.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
447.It Sy bin/
448local binaries
449.It Sy include/
450local include files
451.It Sy libexec/
452local daemons
453.It Sy libdata/
454local data files
455.El
456.Pp
457.It Sy mdec/
458boot blocks, etc.
459.It Sy pkg/
460packages maintained by groups other than the
461.Nx
462Project.
463.Pp
464.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
465.It Sy bin/
466contributed binaries
467.It Sy sbin/
468contributed system utilities
469.It Sy include/
470contributed include files
471.It Sy libexec/
472contributed daemons
473.It Sy libdata/
474contributed data files
475.El
476.Pp
477.It Sy pkgsrc/
478build descriptions ("packages") for the
479.Nx
480packages system.
481.Pp
482.Bl -tag -width "distfiles" -compact
483.It Sy distfiles
484Where unchanged source archives are fetched to/stored
485.It Sy packages
486Where compiled binary packages are stored
487.El
488.Pp
489There are also several other subdirectories which contain packages of
490a certain category, e.g. archivers, graphics, ...
491.Pp
492.It Sy obj/
493architecture-specific target tree produced by building the
494.Pa /usr/src
495tree; normally a symbolic link or mounted filesystem
496.It Sy sbin/
497system daemons and system utilities (normally executed by the super-user)
498.It Sy share/
499architecture-independent text files
500.Pp
501.Bl -tag -width "calendar/" -compact
502.It Sy calendar/
503a variety of calendar files; see
504.Xr calendar 1
505.It Sy dict/
506word lists;
507see
508.Xr look 1
509and
510.Xr spell 1
511.Pp
512.Bl -tag -width "special/" -compact
513.It Sy words
514common words
515.It Sy web2
516words of Webster's 2nd International
517.It Sy papers/
518reference databases;
519see
520.Xr refer 1
521.It Sy special/
522custom word lists;
523see
524.Xr spell 1
525.El
526.Pp
527.It Sy doc/
528miscellaneous documentation; source for most of the printed
529.Bx 4.3
530manuals (available
531from the
532.Tn USENIX
533association)
534.It Sy games/
535text files used by various games
536.It Sy lkm/
537documentation on the loadable kernel modules interface
538.It Sy man/
539formatted manual pages
540.It Sy me/
541macros for use with the
542.Xr me 7
543macro package
544.It Sy misc/
545miscellaneous system-wide text files
546.Pp
547.Bl -tag -width "termcap" -compact
548.It Sy termcap
549terminal characteristics database;
550see
551.Xr termcap 5
552.El
553.Pp
554.It Sy mk/
555include files for
556.Xr make 1
557.It Sy ms/
558macros for use with the
559.Xr ms 7
560macro package
561.It Sy skel/
562sample initialization files for new user accounts
563.It Sy tabset/
564tab description files for a variety of terminals, used in
565the termcap file;
566see
567.Xr termcap 5
568.It Sy tmac/
569text processing macros;
570see
571.Xr nroff 1
572and
573.Xr troff 1
574.It Sy zoneinfo/
575timezone configuration information;
576see
577.Xr tzfile 5
578.El
579.Pp
580.El
581.Pp
582.It Sy /usr/src/
583.Nx
584and local source files
585.Pp
586.Bl -tag -width "domestic/" -compact
587.It Sy bin/
588source for utilities/files in
589.Pa /bin
590.It Sy distrib/
591tools and data-files for making distributions
592.It Sy crypto/
593cryptographic source, which may have import or export restrictions
594.It Sy dist/
595third-party
596.Sq virgin
597source code, referenced by other parts of the source tree
598.It Sy etc/
599source (usually example files) for files in
600.Pa /etc
601.It Sy games/
602source for utilities/files in
603.Pa /usr/games
604.It Sy gnu/
605source for programs covered by the
606.Tn GNU
607license (or similar)
608.It Sy include/
609source for files in
610.Pa /usr/include
611.It Sy lib/
612source for libraries in
613.Pa /usr/lib
614.It Sy libexec/
615source for utilities/files in
616.Pa /usr/libexec
617.It Sy regress/
618various regression tests
619.It Sy sbin/
620source for utilities/files in
621.Pa /sbin
622.It Sy share/
623source for files in
624.Pa /usr/share
625.Pp
626.Bl -tag -width "doc/" -compact
627.It Sy doc/
628.Pp
629.Bl -tag -width "papers/" -compact
630.It Sy papers/
631source for various Berkeley technical papers
632.It Sy psd/
633source for Programmer's Supplementary Documents
634.It Sy smm/
635source for System Manager's Manual
636.It Sy usd/
637source for User's Supplementary Documents
638.Pp
639.El
640.El
641.It Sy sys/
642kernel source files
643.Pp
644.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
645.It Sy adosfs/
646AmigaDOS file-system support; see
647.Xr mount_ados 8
648.It Sy arch/
649.Pp
650.Bl -tag -width "amigappc/" -compact
651.It Sy acorn32/
652support for Acorn RiscPC/A7000/NC and compatibles
653.It Sy alpha/
654support for the Digital Equipment Corp. Alpha architecture
655.It Sy amiga/
656support for the Amiga architecture
657.It Sy amigappc/
658support for the PowerPC based Amiga architecture
659.It Sy arc/
660support for the ARC specification compliant systems.
661.It Sy arm26/
662support for ARM2 and ARM3 based systems
663.It Sy arm32/
664support for the ARM32 architecture
665.It Sy atari/
666support for the Atari architecture
667.It Sy bebox/
668support for the Be Inc. BeBox architecture
669.It Sy cobalt/
670support for the Cobalt Networks MIPS Microserver architecture
671.It Sy dreamcast/
672support for the Sega Dreamcast game console
673.It Sy evbsh3/
674support for the SH3 based evaluation boards
675.It Sy hp300/
676support for the Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 68000-based workstations
677.It Sy hpcmips/
678support for the MIPS based WinCE hand-held devices
679.It Sy hpcsh/
680support for the Hitachi SH3/4 based WinCE hand-held devices
681.It Sy i386/
682support for the Intel 386/486/Pentium/etc. workstations
683.It Sy luna68k/
684support for the Omron LUNA 68000-based workstations
685.It Sy m68k/
686general support for the 68000 processor
687.It Sy mac68k/
688support for the Apple Computer 68000-based workstations
689.It Sy macppc/
690support for the Apple Computer PowerPC-based workstations
691.It Sy mips/
692general support for MIPS architectures
693.It Sy mipsco/
694support for Mips Computer Systems Inc. architecture
695.It Sy mmeye/
696support for the Brains Inc. SH3 based mmEye multimedia server
697.It Sy mvme68k/
698support for the VME 68000-based cards
699.It Sy news68k/
700support for the Sony NEWS 68000-based workstations
701.It Sy newsmips/
702support for the Sony NEWS MIPS-based workstations
703.It Sy next68k/
704support for the NeXT 68000-based workstations
705.It Sy ofppc/
706support for Open Firmware PowerPC workstations
707.It Sy pc532/
708support for the pc532 architecture
709.It Sy playstation2/
710support for the SONY PlayStation 2
711.It Sy pmax/
712support for the MIPS-based DECstation architecture
713.It Sy powerpc/
714general support for PowerPC architectures
715.It Sy prep/
716support for the PowerPC Reference Platform
717.It Sy sgimips/
718support for the SGI MIPS architecture
719.It Sy sh3/
720general support for SH3 architectures
721.It Sy sparc/
722support for the Sun Microsystems SPARC architecture
723.It Sy sparc64/
724support for the Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC architecture
725.It Sy sun3/
726support for the Sun Microsystems 68000-based architecture
727.It Sy vax/
728Digital Equipment Corp. VAX architecture
729.It Sy x68k/
730support for the Sharp X680x0 68000-based workstations
731.El
732.Pp
733.It Sy compat/
734kernel compatibility modules directory
735.Pp
736.Bl -tag -width "ossaudio/" -compact
737.It Sy common/
738common compatibility routines, old
739.Bx 4
740and
741.Nx
742routines.
743.It Sy freebsd/
744support for
745.Fx
746binaries; see
747.Xr compat_freebsd 8
748.It Sy hpux/
749support for 68000 HP-UX binaries
750.It Sy ibcs2/
751support for Intel Binary binaries
752.It Sy linux/
753support for Linux binaries; see
754.Xr compat_linux 8
755.It Sy m68k4k/
756support for 4Kb page 68000 binaries
757.It Sy netbsd32/
758support for
759.Nx
76032-bit binaries on 64 bit platforms with compatible CPU families
761.It Sy osf1/
762support for
763.Tn Digital
764.Ux
765.Po
766formerly
767.Tn OSF/1
768.Pc
769binaries
770.It Sy ossaudio/
771support for OSS audio
772.It Sy pecoff/
773support for
774.Tn Win32
775binaries; see
776.Xr compat_pecoff 8
777.It Sy sunos/
778support for
779.Tn SunOS 4.x
780binaries; see
781.Xr compat_sunos 8
782.It Sy svr4/
783support for System V Release 4 binaries; see
784.Xr compat_svr4 8
785.It Sy ultrix/
786support for
787.Tn Ultrix
788binaries
789.It Sy vax1k/
790support for older Vax binaries that started on a 1 KB boundary
791.El
792.Pp
793.It Sy conf/
794architecture independent configuration directory
795.It Sy crypto/
796cryptographic kernel source, which may have import or export restrictions
797.It Sy ddb/
798in kernel debugger
799.It Sy dev/
800architecture independent device support
801.It Sy filecorefs/
802support for the Acorn RISC OS filecore filesystem; see
803.Xr mount_filecore 8
804.It Sy gdbscripts/
805support for accessing kernel structures from within the debugger
806.Xr gdb 1 .
807.It Sy ipkdb/
808support for kernel debugging over the network
809.It Sy isofs/
810support for ISO filesystems
811.Pp
812.Bl -tag -width "cd9660/" -compact
813.It Sy cd9660/
814support for the ISO-9660 filesystem; see
815.Xr mount_cd9660 8
816.El
817.Pp
818.It Sy kern/
819support for the high kernel (system calls)
820.It Sy lib/
821kernel libraries
822.Pp
823.Bl -tag -width "libkern/" -compact
824.It Sy libkern/
825C library routines used in the kernel
826.It Sy libsa/
827machine independant stand alone kernel library
828.It Sy libz/
829compression library
830.El
831.Pp
832.It Sy lkm/
833loadable kernel modules
834.Pp
835.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
836.It Sy compat/
837LKM support compatibility modules;  currently unsupported.
838.It Sy netinet/
839LKM support networking modules
840.Pp
841.Bl -tag -width "if_ipl/" -compact
842.It Sy if_ipl/
843LKM for IP-Filter
844.El
845.Pp
846.It Sy vfs/
847LKM support for file systems.
848.El
849.Pp
850.It Sy miscfs/
851miscellaneous file systems
852.Pp
853.Bl -tag -width "deadfs/" -compact
854.It Sy deadfs/
855kernel only dead file system
856.It Sy fdesc/
857file descriptor file system; see
858.Xr mount_fdesc 8
859.It Sy fifofs/
860POSIX FIFO support
861.It Sy genfs/
862kernel only generic file system
863.It Sy kernfs/
864kernel namespace file system; see
865.Xr mount_kernfs 8
866.It Sy nullfs/
867loop back file system; see
868.Xr mount_null 8
869.It Sy overlay/
870overlay file system; see
871.Xr mount_overlay 8
872.It Sy portal/
873portal file system; see
874.Xr mount_portal 8
875.It Sy procfs/
876process file system; see
877.Xr mount_procfs 8
878.It Sy specfs/
879kernel only special file system
880.It Sy syncfs/
881kernel trickle sync algorithm
882.It Sy umapfs/
883user and group re-mapping file system; see
884.Xr mount_umap 8
885.It Sy union/
886union file system; see
887.Xr mount_union 8
888.El
889.Pp
890.It Sy msdosfs/
891.Tn MS-DOS
892file system; see
893.Xr mount_msdos 8
894.It Sy net/
895miscellaneous networking support
896.It Sy netatalk/
897AppleTalk networking support
898.It Sy netccitt/
899CCITT networking support
900.It Sy netinet/
901IP networking support
902.It Sy netinet6/
903IPv6 networking support
904.It Sy netiso/
905ISO networking support
906.It Sy netkey/
907Key database for IPsec networking support
908.It Sy netnatm/
909ATM networking support
910.It Sy netns/
911XNS networking support
912.It Sy nfs/
913NFS support
914.It Sy ntfs/
915NTFS filesystem support
916.It Sy stand/
917kernel standalone support
918.It Sy sys/
919kernel (and system) include files
920.It Sy ufs/
921local filesystem support
922.Pp
923.Bl -tag -width "ffs/" -compact
924.It Sy ffs/
925the Berkeley Fast File System
926.It Sy lfs/
927the log-structured file system
928.It Sy mfs/
929the in-memory file system
930.It Sy ufs/
931shared
932.Ux
933file system support
934.El
935.It Sy uvm/
936UVM virtual memory system
937.El
938.It Sy usr.bin/
939source for utilities/files in
940.Pa /usr/bin
941.It Sy usr.sbin/
942source for utilities/files in
943.Pa /usr/sbin
944.El
945.It Sy /var/
946multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
947.Pp
948.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
949.It Sy account/
950system accounting files
951.Pp
952.Bl -tag -width "acct" -compact
953.It Sy acct
954execution accounting file;
955see
956.Xr acct 5
957.El
958.Pp
959.It Sy at/
960timed command scheduling files;
961see
962.Xr at 1
963.It Sy backups/
964miscellaneous backup files, largely of files found in
965.Pa /etc
966.It Sy chroot/
967home directories of applications which are run in a
968.Xr chroot 8
969.Dq cage .
970.It Sy crash/
971system crash dumps; see
972.Xr savecore 8
973.It Sy cron/
974scheduled commands configuration files; see
975.Xr cron 8
976.It Sy db/
977miscellaneous automatically generated system-specific database files
978.It Sy games/
979miscellaneous game status and log files
980.It Sy heimdal/
981Kerberos 5 KDC database; see
982.Xr kdc 8
983.It Sy log/
984miscellaneous system log files
985.Pp
986.Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
987.It Sy amd.*
988.Xr amd 8
989logs
990.It Sy daily.out
991output of the last run of the
992.Pa /etc/daily
993script
994.It Sy ftp.*
995.Xr ftp 1
996logs
997.It Sy kerberos.*
998.Xr kerberos 8
999logs
1000.It Sy lastlog
1001system last time logged in log; see
1002.Xr utmp 5
1003.It Sy lpd-errs.*
1004printer daemon error logs; see
1005.Xr lpd 8
1006.It Sy maillog.*
1007.Xr sendmail 8
1008log files
1009.It Sy messages.*
1010general system information log
1011.It Sy monthly.out
1012output of the last run of the
1013.Pa /etc/monthly
1014script
1015.It Sy secure
1016sensitive security information log
1017.It Sy sendmail.st
1018.Xr sendmail 8
1019statistics
1020.It Sy timed.*
1021.Xr timed 8
1022logs
1023.It Sy weekly.out
1024output of the last run of the
1025.Pa /etc/weekly
1026script
1027.It Sy wtmp
1028login/logout log;
1029see
1030.Xr utmp 5
1031.El
1032.Pp
1033.It Sy mail/
1034user system mailboxes
1035.It Sy msgs/
1036system messages; see
1037.Xr msgs 1
1038.\" since we use nvi (now called vi) this isn't the place any more, is it?
1039.It Sy pkg/
1040working files for third party packages
1041.It Sy preserve/
1042temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of
1043.Xr ex 1
1044or
1045.Xr vi 1
1046.It Sy quotas/
1047filesystem quota information
1048.It Sy run/
1049system information files, rebuilt after each reboot
1050.Pp
1051.Bl -tag -width "utmp" -compact
1052.It Sy utmp
1053database of current users; see
1054.Xr utmp 5
1055.El
1056.Pp
1057.It Sy rwho/
1058rwho data files; see
1059.Xr rwhod 8 ,
1060.Xr rwho 1 ,
1061and
1062.Xr ruptime 1
1063.It Sy spool/
1064miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories
1065.Pp
1066.Bl -tag -width "uucppublic/" -compact
1067.It Sy ftp/
1068commonly
1069.Dq ~ftp ,
1070the anonymous ftp root directory; see
1071.Xr ftpd 8
1072.It Sy mqueue/
1073undelivered mail queue;
1074see
1075.Xr sendmail 8
1076.It Sy news/
1077Network news archival and spooling directories
1078.It Sy output/
1079printer spooling directories
1080.It Sy uucp/
1081uucp spool directory
1082.It Sy uucppublic/
1083commonly
1084.Dq ~uucp ,
1085the uucp public temporary directory; see
1086.Xr uucp 1
1087.El
1088.Pp
1089.It Sy tmp/
1090temporary files that are not discarded between system reboots
1091.Pp
1092.Bl -tag -width "vi.recover/" -compact
1093.It Sy vi.recover/
1094recovery directory for new
1095.Xr vi 1
1096.El
1097.It Sy yp/
1098Databases and configuration for the NIS (YP) system; see
1099.Xr nis 8 .
1100.El
1101.El
1102.Sh SEE ALSO
1103.Xr apropos 1 ,
1104.Xr ls 1 ,
1105.Xr whatis 1 ,
1106.Xr whereis 1 ,
1107.Xr which 1
1108.Sh HISTORY
1109A
1110.Nm
1111manual page appeared in
1112.At v7 .
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