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36.Dd August 22, 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 and shared linker 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 /mnt/
340empty directory commonly used by
341system administrators as a temporary mount point
342.It Sy /netbsd
343pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory
344at boot time).
345.It Sy /rescue/
346statically linked rescue tools, for use in system recovery
347.It Sy /root/
348home directory for the super-user
349.Pp
350.Bl -tag -width ".profile" -compact
351.It Sy \&.rhosts
352super-user id mapping between machines
353.It Sy \&.cshrc
354super-user start-up file
355.It Sy \&.login
356super-user start-up file
357.It Sy \&.profile
358super-user start-up file
359.El
360.ne 1i
361.It Sy /sbin/
362system programs and administration utilities
363used in both single-user and multi-user environments
364.It Sy /stand/
365programs used in a standalone environment
366.It Sy /sys
367symbolic link to the operating system source
368.It Sy /tmp/
369temporary files, usually a
370.Xr mfs 8
371memory-based filesystem (the contents of
372.Pa /tmp
373are usually
374.Em not
375preserved across a system reboot)
376.It Sy /usr/
377contains the majority of the system utilities and files
378.Pp
379.Bl -tag -width "libdata/" -compact
380.It Sy X11R6/
381X11 files
382.Pp
383.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
384.It Sy bin/
385X11 binaries
386.It Sy include/
387X11 include files
388.It Sy lib/
389X11 libraries
390.El
391.Pp
392.It Sy bin/
393common utilities, programming tools, and applications
394.It Sy games/
395the important stuff
396.It Sy include/
397standard C include files
398.Pp
399.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
400.It Sy arpa/
401include files for Internet service protocols
402.It Sy g++/
403include files for the C++ compiler
404.It Sy kerberosIV/
405include files for kerberos authentication package;
406see
407.Xr kerberos 8
408.It Sy machine/
409machine specific include files
410.It Sy net/
411.It Sy netatalk/
412C include files for AppleTalk protocols
413miscellaneous network include files;
414see
415.Xr atalk 4
416.It Sy netccitt/
417CCITT networking include files
418.It Sy netinet/
419include files for Internet standard protocols; see
420.Xr inet 4
421.It Sy netinet6/
422include files for Internet protocol version 6; see
423.Xr inet6 4
424.It Sy netiso/
425include files for ISO standard protocols; see
426.Xr iso 4
427.It Sy netkey/
428include files for secret key management, used for security protocols; see
429.Xr ipsec 4
430.It Sy natm/
431C include files for native mode ATM
432.It Sy netns/
433C include files for XNS standard protocols; see
434.Xr ns 4
435.It Sy nfs/
436C include files for NFS (Network File System)
437.It Sy protocols/
438C include files for Berkeley service protocols
439.It Sy sys/
440system C include files (kernel data structures)
441.It Sy ufs/
442C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
443.El
444.Pp
445.It Sy lib/
446archive, profiled, position independant archive, and shared libraries
447.It Sy libdata/
448miscellaneous utility data files
449.It Sy libexec/
450system daemons \*[Am] system utilities (executed by other programs)
451.Pp
452.Bl -tag -width "uucp/" -compact
453.It Sy uucp/
454UUCP binaries and scripts (historically placed; to be moved)
455.El
456.Pp
457.It Sy local/
458local executables, libraries, etc.
459.Pp
460.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
461.It Sy bin/
462local binaries
463.It Sy include/
464local include files
465.It Sy libexec/
466local daemons
467.It Sy libdata/
468local data files
469.El
470.Pp
471.It Sy mdec/
472boot blocks, etc.
473.It Sy pkg/
474packages maintained by groups other than the
475.Nx
476Project.
477.Pp
478.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
479.It Sy bin/
480contributed binaries
481.It Sy sbin/
482contributed system utilities
483.It Sy include/
484contributed include files
485.It Sy libexec/
486contributed daemons
487.It Sy libdata/
488contributed data files
489.El
490.Pp
491.It Sy pkgsrc/
492build descriptions ("packages") for the
493.Nx
494packages system.
495.Pp
496.Bl -tag -width "distfiles" -compact
497.It Sy distfiles
498Where unchanged source archives are fetched to/stored
499.It Sy packages
500Where compiled binary packages are stored
501.El
502.Pp
503There are also several other subdirectories which contain packages of
504a certain category, e.g. archivers, graphics, ...
505.Pp
506.It Sy obj/
507architecture-specific target tree produced by building the
508.Pa /usr/src
509tree; normally a symbolic link or mounted filesystem
510.It Sy sbin/
511system daemons and system utilities (normally executed by the super-user)
512.It Sy share/
513architecture-independent text files
514.Pp
515.Bl -tag -width "calendar/" -compact
516.It Sy calendar/
517a variety of calendar files; see
518.Xr calendar 1
519.It Sy dict/
520word lists;
521see
522.Xr look 1
523and
524.Xr spell 1
525.Pp
526.Bl -tag -width "special/" -compact
527.It Sy words
528common words
529.It Sy web2
530words of Webster's 2nd International
531.It Sy papers/
532reference databases;
533see
534.Xr refer 1
535.It Sy special/
536custom word lists;
537see
538.Xr spell 1
539.El
540.Pp
541.It Sy doc/
542miscellaneous documentation; source for most of the printed
543.Bx 4.3
544manuals (available
545from the
546.Tn USENIX
547association)
548.It Sy games/
549text files used by various games
550.It Sy lkm/
551documentation on the loadable kernel modules interface
552.It Sy man/
553formatted manual pages
554.It Sy me/
555macros for use with the
556.Xr me 7
557macro package
558.It Sy misc/
559miscellaneous system-wide text files
560.Pp
561.Bl -tag -width "termcap" -compact
562.It Sy termcap
563terminal characteristics database;
564see
565.Xr termcap 5
566.El
567.Pp
568.It Sy mk/
569include files for
570.Xr make 1
571.It Sy ms/
572macros for use with the
573.Xr ms 7
574macro package
575.It Sy skel/
576sample initialization files for new user accounts
577.It Sy tabset/
578tab description files for a variety of terminals, used in
579the termcap file;
580see
581.Xr termcap 5
582.It Sy tmac/
583text processing macros;
584see
585.Xr nroff 1
586and
587.Xr troff 1
588.It Sy zoneinfo/
589timezone configuration information;
590see
591.Xr tzfile 5
592.El
593.Pp
594.El
595.Pp
596.It Sy /usr/src/
597.Nx
598and local source files
599.Pp
600.Bl -tag -width "domestic/" -compact
601.It Sy bin/
602source for utilities/files in
603.Pa /bin
604.It Sy distrib/
605tools and data-files for making distributions
606.It Sy crypto/
607cryptographic source, which may have import or export restrictions
608.It Sy dist/
609third-party
610.Sq virgin
611source code, referenced by other parts of the source tree
612.It Sy etc/
613source (usually example files) for files in
614.Pa /etc
615.It Sy games/
616source for utilities/files in
617.Pa /usr/games
618.It Sy gnu/
619source for programs covered by the
620.Tn GNU
621license (or similar)
622.It Sy include/
623source for files in
624.Pa /usr/include
625.It Sy lib/
626source for libraries in
627.Pa /usr/lib
628.It Sy libexec/
629source for utilities/files in
630.Pa /usr/libexec
631.It Sy regress/
632various regression tests
633.It Sy sbin/
634source for utilities/files in
635.Pa /sbin
636.It Sy share/
637source for files in
638.Pa /usr/share
639.Pp
640.Bl -tag -width "doc/" -compact
641.It Sy doc/
642.Pp
643.Bl -tag -width "papers/" -compact
644.It Sy papers/
645source for various Berkeley technical papers
646.It Sy psd/
647source for Programmer's Supplementary Documents
648.It Sy smm/
649source for System Manager's Manual
650.It Sy usd/
651source for User's Supplementary Documents
652.Pp
653.El
654.El
655.It Sy sys/
656kernel source files
657.Pp
658.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
659.It Sy adosfs/
660AmigaDOS file-system support; see
661.Xr mount_ados 8
662.It Sy arch/
663architecture-specific support
664.Pp
665.Bl -tag -width "playstation2/" -compact
666.It Sy acorn26/
667ARM2 and ARM3 based systems
668.It Sy acorn32/
669Acorn RiscPC/A7000/NC and compatibles
670.It Sy algor/
671Algorithmics MIPS evaluations board
672.It Sy alpha/
673Digital Equipment Corp. Alpha architecture
674.It Sy amiga/
675Amiga architecture
676.It Sy amigappc/
677PowerPC based Amiga architecture
678.It Sy arc/
679ARC specification compliant systems.
680.It Sy arm/
681ARM processor general support
682.It Sy atari/
683Atari architecture
684.It Sy bebox/
685Be Inc. BeBox architecture
686.It Sy cats/
687Chalice Technology StrongARM evaluation board
688.It Sy cesfic/
689CES FIC8234 VME processor board
690.It Sy cobalt/
691Cobalt Networks MIPS Microserver architecture
692.It Sy dreamcast/
693Sega Dreamcast game console
694.It Sy evbarm/
695ARM based evaluation boards
696.It Sy evbmips/
697MIPS based evaluation boards
698.It Sy evbsh3/
699SH3 based evaluation boards
700.It Sy hp300/
701Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 680x0-based workstations
702.It Sy hparm/
703StrongARM based WinCE hand-held devices
704.It Sy hpcmips/
705MIPS based WinCE hand-held devices
706.It Sy hpcsh/
707Hitachi SH3/4 based WinCE hand-held devices
708.It Sy i386/
709Intel 386/486/Pentium/etc. workstations
710.It Sy luna68k/
711Omron LUNA 68000-based workstations
712.It Sy m68k/
713680x0 processor support
714.It Sy mac68k/
715Apple Computer 680x0-based workstations
716.It Sy macppc/
717Apple Computer PowerPC-based workstations
718.It Sy mips/
719MIPS processor support
720.It Sy mipsco/
721Mips Computer Systems Inc. architecture
722.It Sy mmeye/
723Brains Inc. SH3 based mmEye multimedia server
724.It Sy mvme68k/
725VME 680x0-based cards
726.It Sy news68k/
727Sony NEWS 680x0-based workstations
728.It Sy newsmips/
729Sony NEWS MIPS-based workstations
730.It Sy next68k/
731NeXT 680x0-based workstations
732.It Sy ofppc/
733Open Firmware PowerPC workstations
734.It Sy pc532/
735pc532 architecture
736.It Sy playstation2/
737SONY PlayStation 2
738.It Sy pmax/
739MIPS-based DECstation architecture
740.It Sy pmppc/
741Artesyn's PM/PPC board
742.It Sy powerpc/
743PowerPC processor support
744.It Sy prep/
745PowerPC Reference Platform
746.It Sy sandpoint/
747Motorola Sandpoint reference platform
748.It Sy sbmips/
749Broadcom/SiByte MIPS architecture
750.It Sy sgimips/
751SGI MIPS architecture
752.It Sy sh3/
753SH3 processor general support
754.It Sy shark/
755StrongARM based Digital DNARD ("Shark") machines
756.It Sy sparc/
757Sun Microsystems SPARC architecture
758.It Sy sparc64/
759Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC architecture
760.It Sy sun2/
761Sun Microsystems 68010-based Sun 2 architecture
762.It Sy sun3/
763Sun Microsystems 68020/68030-based Sun 3/3x architecture
764.It Sy sun68k/
765680x0-based Sun architecture general support
766.It Sy vax/
767Digital Equipment Corp. VAX architecture
768.It Sy walnut/
769IBM 405GP PowerPC "walnut" evaluation board
770.It Sy x68k/
771Sharp X680x0 680x0-based workstations
772.It Sy x86_64/
773AMD x86-64(tm) 64-bit CPU
774.El
775.Pp
776.It Sy compat/
777kernel compatibility modules directory
778.Pp
779.Bl -tag -width "ossaudio/" -compact
780.It Sy common/
781common compatibility routines, old
782.Bx 4
783and
784.Nx
785routines.
786.It Sy freebsd/
787support for
788.Fx
789binaries; see
790.Xr compat_freebsd 8
791.It Sy hpux/
792support for 68000 HP-UX binaries
793.It Sy ibcs2/
794support for Intel Binary binaries
795.It Sy linux/
796support for Linux binaries; see
797.Xr compat_linux 8
798.It Sy m68k4k/
799support for 4Kb page 68000 binaries
800.It Sy netbsd32/
801support for
802.Nx
80332-bit binaries on 64 bit platforms with compatible CPU families
804.It Sy osf1/
805support for
806.Tn Digital
807.Ux
808.Po
809formerly
810.Tn OSF/1
811.Pc
812binaries
813.It Sy ossaudio/
814support for OSS audio
815.It Sy pecoff/
816support for
817.Tn Win32
818binaries; see
819.Xr compat_pecoff 8
820.It Sy sunos/
821support for
822.Tn SunOS 4.x
823binaries; see
824.Xr compat_sunos 8
825.It Sy svr4/
826support for System V Release 4 binaries; see
827.Xr compat_svr4 8
828.It Sy ultrix/
829support for
830.Tn Ultrix
831binaries
832.It Sy vax1k/
833support for older Vax binaries that started on a 1 KB boundary
834.El
835.Pp
836.It Sy conf/
837architecture independent configuration directory
838.It Sy crypto/
839cryptographic kernel source, which may have import or export restrictions
840.It Sy ddb/
841in kernel debugger
842.It Sy dev/
843architecture independent device support
844.It Sy filecorefs/
845support for the Acorn RISC OS filecore filesystem; see
846.Xr mount_filecore 8
847.It Sy gdbscripts/
848support for accessing kernel structures from within the debugger
849.Xr gdb 1 .
850.It Sy ipkdb/
851support for kernel debugging over the network
852.It Sy isofs/
853support for ISO filesystems
854.Pp
855.Bl -tag -width "cd9660/" -compact
856.It Sy cd9660/
857support for the ISO-9660 filesystem; see
858.Xr mount_cd9660 8
859.El
860.Pp
861.It Sy kern/
862support for the high kernel (system calls)
863.It Sy lib/
864kernel libraries
865.Pp
866.Bl -tag -width "libkern/" -compact
867.It Sy libkern/
868C library routines used in the kernel
869.It Sy libsa/
870machine independant stand alone kernel library
871.It Sy libz/
872compression library
873.El
874.Pp
875.It Sy lkm/
876loadable kernel modules
877.Pp
878.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
879.It Sy compat/
880LKM support compatibility modules;  currently unsupported.
881.It Sy netinet/
882LKM support networking modules
883.Pp
884.Bl -tag -width "if_ipl/" -compact
885.It Sy if_ipl/
886LKM for IP-Filter
887.El
888.Pp
889.It Sy vfs/
890LKM support for file systems.
891.El
892.Pp
893.It Sy miscfs/
894miscellaneous file systems
895.Pp
896.Bl -tag -width "deadfs/" -compact
897.It Sy deadfs/
898kernel only dead file system
899.It Sy fdesc/
900file descriptor file system; see
901.Xr mount_fdesc 8
902.It Sy fifofs/
903POSIX FIFO support
904.It Sy genfs/
905kernel only generic file system
906.It Sy kernfs/
907kernel namespace file system; see
908.Xr mount_kernfs 8
909.It Sy nullfs/
910loop back file system; see
911.Xr mount_null 8
912.It Sy overlay/
913overlay file system; see
914.Xr mount_overlay 8
915.It Sy portal/
916portal file system; see
917.Xr mount_portal 8
918.It Sy procfs/
919process file system; see
920.Xr mount_procfs 8
921.It Sy specfs/
922kernel only special file system
923.It Sy syncfs/
924kernel trickle sync algorithm
925.It Sy umapfs/
926user and group re-mapping file system; see
927.Xr mount_umap 8
928.It Sy union/
929union file system; see
930.Xr mount_union 8
931.El
932.Pp
933.It Sy msdosfs/
934.Tn MS-DOS
935file system; see
936.Xr mount_msdos 8
937.It Sy net/
938miscellaneous networking support
939.It Sy netatalk/
940AppleTalk networking support
941.It Sy netccitt/
942CCITT networking support
943.It Sy netinet/
944IP networking support
945.It Sy netinet6/
946IPv6 networking support
947.It Sy netiso/
948ISO networking support
949.It Sy netkey/
950Key database for IPsec networking support
951.It Sy netnatm/
952ATM networking support
953.It Sy netns/
954XNS networking support
955.It Sy nfs/
956NFS support
957.It Sy ntfs/
958NTFS filesystem support
959.It Sy stand/
960kernel standalone support
961.It Sy sys/
962kernel (and system) include files
963.It Sy ufs/
964local filesystem support
965.Pp
966.Bl -tag -width "ffs/" -compact
967.It Sy ffs/
968the Berkeley Fast File System
969.It Sy lfs/
970the log-structured file system
971.It Sy mfs/
972the in-memory file system
973.It Sy ufs/
974shared
975.Ux
976file system support
977.El
978.It Sy uvm/
979UVM virtual memory system
980.El
981.It Sy usr.bin/
982source for utilities/files in
983.Pa /usr/bin
984.It Sy usr.sbin/
985source for utilities/files in
986.Pa /usr/sbin
987.El
988.It Sy /var/
989multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
990.Pp
991.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
992.It Sy account/
993system accounting files
994.Pp
995.Bl -tag -width "acct" -compact
996.It Sy acct
997execution accounting file;
998see
999.Xr acct 5
1000.El
1001.Pp
1002.It Sy at/
1003timed command scheduling files;
1004see
1005.Xr at 1
1006.It Sy backups/
1007miscellaneous backup files, largely of files found in
1008.Pa /etc
1009.It Sy chroot/
1010home directories of applications which are run in a
1011.Xr chroot 8
1012.Dq cage .
1013.It Sy crash/
1014system crash dumps; see
1015.Xr savecore 8
1016.It Sy cron/
1017scheduled commands configuration files; see
1018.Xr cron 8
1019.It Sy db/
1020miscellaneous automatically generated system-specific database files
1021.It Sy games/
1022miscellaneous game status and log files
1023.It Sy heimdal/
1024Kerberos 5 KDC database; see
1025.Xr kdc 8
1026.It Sy log/
1027miscellaneous system log files
1028.Pp
1029.Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
1030.It Sy amd.*
1031.Xr amd 8
1032logs
1033.It Sy daily.out
1034output of the last run of the
1035.Pa /etc/daily
1036script
1037.It Sy ftp.*
1038.Xr ftp 1
1039logs
1040.It Sy kerberos.*
1041.Xr kerberos 8
1042logs
1043.It Sy lastlog
1044system last time logged in log; see
1045.Xr utmp 5
1046.It Sy lpd-errs.*
1047printer daemon error logs; see
1048.Xr lpd 8
1049.It Sy maillog.*
1050.Xr sendmail 8
1051log files
1052.It Sy messages.*
1053general system information log
1054.It Sy monthly.out
1055output of the last run of the
1056.Pa /etc/monthly
1057script
1058.It Sy secure
1059sensitive security information log
1060.It Sy sendmail.st
1061.Xr sendmail 8
1062statistics
1063.It Sy timed.*
1064.Xr timed 8
1065logs
1066.It Sy weekly.out
1067output of the last run of the
1068.Pa /etc/weekly
1069script
1070.It Sy wtmp
1071login/logout log;
1072see
1073.Xr utmp 5
1074.El
1075.Pp
1076.It Sy mail/
1077user system mailboxes
1078.It Sy msgs/
1079system messages; see
1080.Xr msgs 1
1081.\" since we use nvi (now called vi) this isn't the place any more, is it?
1082.It Sy pkg/
1083working files for third party packages
1084.It Sy preserve/
1085temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of
1086.Xr ex 1
1087or
1088.Xr vi 1
1089.It Sy quotas/
1090filesystem quota information
1091.It Sy run/
1092system information files, rebuilt after each reboot
1093.Pp
1094.Bl -tag -width "utmp" -compact
1095.It Sy utmp
1096database of current users; see
1097.Xr utmp 5
1098.El
1099.Pp
1100.It Sy rwho/
1101rwho data files; see
1102.Xr rwhod 8 ,
1103.Xr rwho 1 ,
1104and
1105.Xr ruptime 1
1106.It Sy spool/
1107miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories
1108.Pp
1109.Bl -tag -width "uucppublic/" -compact
1110.It Sy ftp/
1111commonly
1112.Dq ~ftp ,
1113the anonymous ftp root directory; see
1114.Xr ftpd 8
1115.It Sy mqueue/
1116undelivered mail queue;
1117see
1118.Xr sendmail 8
1119.It Sy news/
1120Network news archival and spooling directories
1121.It Sy output/
1122printer spooling directories
1123.It Sy uucp/
1124uucp spool directory
1125.It Sy uucppublic/
1126commonly
1127.Dq ~uucp ,
1128the uucp public temporary directory; see
1129.Xr uucp 1
1130.El
1131.Pp
1132.It Sy tmp/
1133temporary files that are not discarded between system reboots
1134.Pp
1135.Bl -tag -width "vi.recover/" -compact
1136.It Sy vi.recover/
1137recovery directory for new
1138.Xr vi 1
1139.El
1140.Pp
1141.It Sy yp/
1142Databases and configuration for the NIS (YP) system; see
1143.Xr nis 8 .
1144.El
1145.El
1146.Sh SEE ALSO
1147.Xr apropos 1 ,
1148.Xr ls 1 ,
1149.Xr whatis 1 ,
1150.Xr whereis 1 ,
1151.Xr which 1
1152.Sh HISTORY
1153A
1154.Nm
1155manual page appeared in
1156.At v7 .
1157