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36.Dd November 8, 2000
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.El
117.It Sy /dump/
118online
119.Xr dump 8
120repository
121.It Sy /etc/
122system configuration files and scripts
123.Pp
124.Bl -tag -width "master.passwd" -compact
125.It Sy amd*
126configuration files for
127.Xr amd 8
128.It Sy changelist
129files backed up by the security script
130.It Sy crontab
131schedule used by the
132.Xr cron 8
133daemon
134.It Sy csh.cshrc
135.It Sy csh.login
136.It Sy csh.logout
137system-wide scripts for
138.Xr csh 1
139.It Sy daily
140script run each day by
141.Xr cron 8
142.It Sy daily.conf
143configuration file for
144.Sy daily ;
145see
146.Xr daily.conf 5
147.It Sy defaults/
148default configuration files read by various
149.Pa /etc/*.conf
150files
151.It Sy disktab
152disk description file, see
153.Xr disktab 5
154.It Sy dm.conf
155dungeon master configuration; see
156.Xr dm.conf 5
157.It Sy dumpdates
158dump history; see
159.Xr dump 8
160.It Sy exports
161filesystem export information; see
162.Xr mountd 8
163.It Sy fstab
164filesystem information; see
165.Xr fstab 5
166and
167.Xr mount 8
168.It Sy ftpusers
169users denied
170.Xr ftp 1
171access; see
172.Xr ftpd 8
173.It Sy ftpwelcome
174.Xr ftp 1
175initial message; see
176.Xr ftpd 8
177.It Sy gettytab
178terminal configuration database; see
179.Xr gettytab 5
180.It Sy group
181group permissions file; see
182.Xr group 5
183.It Sy hosts
184host name database backup for
185.Xr named 8 ;
186see
187.Xr hosts 5
188.It Sy hosts.equiv
189trusted machines with equivalent user ID's
190.It Sy hosts.lpd
191trusted machines with printing privileges
192.It Sy inetd.conf
193Internet server configuration file; see
194.Xr inetd 8
195.It Sy kerberosIV/
196configuration files for the kerberos version IV;
197see
198.Xr kerberos 1
199.It Sy localtime
200local timezone information;
201see
202.Xr ctime 3
203.It Sy mail/
204configuration files for
205.Xr sendmail 8
206.Bp
207.Bl -tag -width "sendmail.*" -compact
208.It Sy aliases*
209name alias files
210.It Sy sendmail.*
211.Xr sendmail 8
212configuration information
213.El
214.It Sy mail.rc
215system-wide initialization script for
216.Xr mail 1
217.It Sy man.conf
218configuration file for
219.Xr man 1 ;
220see
221.Xr man.conf 5
222.It Sy master.passwd
223.It Sy passwd
224.It Sy pwd.db
225.It Sy spwd.db
226password files and their databases; see
227.Xr pwd_mkdb 8
228.It Sy mk.conf
229optional file containing
230.Xr make 1
231variables, read by pkgsrc and the system sources.
232.It Sy monthly
233script run each month by
234.Xr cron 8
235.It Sy monthly.conf
236configuration file for
237.Sy monthly ;
238see
239.Xr monthly.conf 5
240.It Sy motd
241system message of the day
242.It Sy mtree/
243mtree configuration files;
244see
245.Xr mtree 8
246.It Sy named.*
247.It Sy namedb/
248named configuration files and databases;
249see
250.Xr named 8
251.It Sy netgroup
252network groups; see
253.Xr netgroup 5
254.It Sy netstart
255network startup script
256.It Sy networks
257network name data base; see
258.Xr networks 5
259.It Sy phones
260remote host phone number data base; see
261.Xr phones 5
262.It Sy printcap
263system printer configuration; see
264.Xr printcap 5
265.It Sy protocols
266protocol name database; see
267.Xr protocols 5
268.It Sy rc
269.It Sy rc.shutdown
270.It Sy rc.local
271.It Sy rc.d/
272system startup and shutdown scripts; see
273.Xr rc 8
274and
275.Xr rc.d 8
276.It Sy rc.conf
277configuration file for system startup and shutdown scripts; see
278.Xr rc.conf 5
279.It Sy remote
280remote host description file; see
281.Xr remote 5
282.It Sy security
283daily (in)security script run by
284.Xr cron 8
285.It Sy security.conf
286configuration file for
287.Sy security ;
288see
289.Xr security.conf 5
290.It Sy services
291service name data base; see
292.Xr services 5
293.It Sy shells
294list of permitted shells; see
295.Xr shells 5
296.It Sy sliphome/
297.Tn SLIP
298login/logout scripts; see
299.Xr sliplogin 8
300.It Sy syslog.conf
301.Xr syslogd 8
302configuration file; see
303.Xr syslog.conf 5
304.It Sy termcap
305terminal type database; see
306.Xr termcap 3
307.It Sy ttys
308terminal initialization information; see
309.Xr ttys 5
310.It Sy uucp/
311UUCP configuration files; see
312.Xr uucp 1
313and
314.Xr uucico 8 .
315.It Sy weekly
316script run each week by
317.Xr cron 8
318.It Sy weekly.conf
319configuration file for
320.Sy weekly ;
321see
322.Xr weekly.conf 5
323.El
324.It Sy /home/
325mount point for the automounter; see
326.Xr amd 8
327.It Sy /mnt/
328empty directory commonly used by
329system administrators as a temporary mount point
330.It Sy /netbsd
331pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory
332at boot time).
333.It Sy /root/
334home directory for the super-user
335.Pp
336.Bl -tag -width ".profile" -compact
337.It Sy \&.rhosts
338super-user id mapping between machines
339.It Sy \&.cshrc
340super-user start-up file
341.It Sy \&.login
342super-user start-up file
343.It Sy \&.profile
344super-user start-up file
345.El
346.ne 1i
347.It Sy /sbin/
348system programs and administration utilities
349used in both single-user and multi-user environments
350.It Sy /stand/
351programs used in a standalone environment
352.It Sy /sys
353symbolic link to the operating system source
354.It Sy /tmp/
355temporary files, usually a
356.Xr mfs 8
357memory-based filesystem (the contents
358of /tmp are usually NOT preserved across a system reboot)
359.It Sy /usr/
360contains the majority of the system utilities and files
361.Pp
362.Bl -tag -width "libdata/" -compact
363.It Sy X11R6/
364X11 files
365.Pp
366.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
367.It Sy bin/
368X11 binaries
369.It Sy include/
370X11 include files
371.It Sy lib/
372X11 libraries
373.El
374.Pp
375.It Sy bin/
376common utilities, programming tools, and applications
377.It Sy games/
378the important stuff
379.It Sy include/
380standard C include files
381.Pp
382.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
383.It Sy arpa/
384include files for Internet service protocols
385.It Sy g++/
386include files for the C++ compiler
387.It Sy kerberosIV/
388include files for kerberos authentication package;
389see
390.Xr kerberos 1
391.It Sy machine/
392machine specific include files
393.It Sy net/
394.It Sy netatalk/
395C include files for AppleTalk protocols
396miscellaneous network include files;
397see
398.Xr atalk 4
399.It Sy netccitt/
400CCITT networking include files
401.It Sy netinet/
402include files for Internet standard protocols; see
403.Xr inet 4
404.It Sy netinet6/
405include files for Internet protocol version 6; see
406.Xr inet6 4
407.It Sy netiso/
408include files for ISO standard protocols; see
409.Xr iso 4
410.It Sy netkey/
411include files for secret key management, used for security protocols; see
412.Xr ipsec 4
413.It Sy natm/
414C include files for native mode ATM
415.It Sy netns/
416C include files for XNS standard protocols; see
417.Xr ns 4
418.It Sy nfs/
419C include files for NFS (Network File System)
420.It Sy protocols/
421C include files for Berkeley service protocols
422.It Sy sys/
423system C include files (kernel data structures)
424.It Sy ufs/
425C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
426.El
427.Pp
428.It Sy lib/
429archive, profiled, position independant archive, and shared libraries
430.It Sy libdata/
431miscellaneous utility data files
432.It Sy libexec/
433system daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs)
434.Pp
435.Bl -tag -width "uucp/" -compact
436.It Sy uucp/
437UUCP binaries and scripts (historically placed; to be moved)
438.El
439.Pp
440.It Sy local/
441local executables, libraries, etc.
442.Pp
443.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
444.It Sy bin/
445local binaries
446.It Sy include/
447local include files
448.It Sy libexec/
449local daemons
450.It Sy libdata/
451local data files
452.El
453.Pp
454.It Sy mdec/
455boot blocks, etc.
456.It Sy pkg/
457packages maintained by groups other than the
458.Nx
459Project.
460.Pp
461.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
462.It Sy bin/
463contributed binaries
464.It Sy sbin/
465contributed system utilities
466.It Sy include/
467contributed include files
468.It Sy libexec/
469contributed daemons
470.It Sy libdata/
471contributed data files
472.El
473.Pp
474.It Sy pkgsrc/
475build descriptions ("packages") for the
476.Nx
477packages system.
478.Pp
479.Bl -tag -width "distfiles" -compact
480.It Sy distfiles
481Where unchanged source archives are fetched to/stored
482.It Sy packages
483Where compiled binary packages are stored
484.El
485.Pp
486There are also several other subdirectories which contain packages of
487a certain category, e.g. archivers, graphics, ...
488.Pp
489.It Sy obj/
490architecture-specific target tree produced by building the
491.Pa /usr/src
492tree; normally a symbolic link or mounted filesystem
493.It Sy sbin/
494system daemons and system utilities (normally executed by the super-user)
495.It Sy share/
496architecture-independent text files
497.Pp
498.Bl -tag -width "calendar/" -compact
499.It Sy calendar/
500a variety of calendar files; see
501.Xr calendar 1
502.It Sy dict/
503word lists;
504see
505.Xr look 1
506and
507.Xr spell 1
508.Pp
509.Bl -tag -width "special/" -compact
510.It Sy words
511common words
512.It Sy web2
513words of Webster's 2nd International
514.It Sy papers/
515reference databases;
516see
517.Xr refer 1
518.It Sy special/
519custom word lists;
520see
521.Xr spell 1
522.El
523.Pp
524.It Sy doc/
525miscellaneous documentation; source for most of the printed
526.Bx 4.3
527manuals (available
528from the
529.Tn USENIX
530association)
531.It Sy games/
532text files used by various games
533.It Sy lkm/
534documentation on the loadable kernel modules interface
535.It Sy man/
536formatted manual pages
537.It Sy me/
538macros for use with the
539.Xr me 7
540macro package
541.It Sy misc/
542miscellaneous system-wide text files
543.Pp
544.Bl -tag -width "termcap" -compact
545.It Sy termcap
546terminal characteristics database;
547see
548.Xr termcap 5
549.El
550.Pp
551.It Sy mk/
552include files for
553.Xr make 1
554.It Sy ms/
555macros for use with the
556.Xr ms 7
557macro package
558.It Sy skel/
559sample initialization files for new user accounts
560.It Sy tabset/
561tab description files for a variety of terminals, used in
562the termcap file;
563see
564.Xr termcap 5
565.It Sy tmac/
566text processing macros;
567see
568.Xr nroff 1
569and
570.Xr troff 1
571.It Sy zoneinfo/
572timezone configuration information;
573see
574.Xr tzfile 5
575.El
576.Pp
577.El
578.Pp
579.It Sy /usr/src/
580.Nx
581and local source files
582.Pp
583.Bl -tag -width "domestic/" -compact
584.It Sy bin/
585source for utilities/files in
586.Pa /bin
587.It Sy distrib/
588tools and data-files for making distributions
589.It Sy crypto/
590cryptographic source, which may have import or export restrictions
591.It Sy dist/
592third-party
593.Sq virgin
594source code, referenced by other parts of the source tree
595.It Sy etc/
596source (usually example files) for files in
597.Pa /etc
598.It Sy games/
599source for utilities/files in
600.Pa /usr/games
601.It Sy gnu/
602source for programs covered by the
603.Tn GNU
604license (or similar)
605.It Sy include/
606source for files in
607.Pa /usr/include
608.It Sy lib/
609source for libraries in
610.Pa /usr/lib
611.It Sy libexec/
612source for utilities/files in
613.Pa /usr/libexec
614.It Sy regress/
615various regression tests
616.It Sy sbin/
617source for utilities/files in
618.Pa /sbin
619.It Sy share/
620source for files in
621.Pa /usr/share
622.Pp
623.Bl -tag -width "doc/" -compact
624.It Sy doc/
625.Pp
626.Bl -tag -width "papers/" -compact
627.It Sy papers/
628source for various Berkeley technical papers
629.It Sy psd/
630source for Programmer's Supplementary Documents
631.It Sy smm/
632source for System Manager's Manual
633.It Sy usd/
634source for User's Supplementary Documents
635.Pp
636.El
637.El
638.It Sy sys/
639kernel source files
640.Pp
641.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
642.It Sy adosfs/
643AmigaDOS file-system support; see
644.Xr mount_ados 8
645.It Sy arch/
646.Pp
647.Bl -tag -width "amigappc/" -compact
648.It Sy alpha/
649support for the Digital Equipment Corp. Alpha architecture
650.It Sy amiga/
651support for the Amiga architecture
652.It Sy amigappc/
653support for the PowerPC based Amiga architecture
654.It Sy arc/
655support for the ARC specification compliant systems.
656.It Sy arm26/
657support for ARM2 and ARM3 based systems
658.It Sy arm32/
659support for the ARM32 architecture
660.It Sy atari/
661support for the Atari architecture
662.It Sy bebox/
663support for the Be Inc. BeBox architecture
664.It Sy cobalt/
665support for the Cobalt Networks MIPS Microserver architecture
666.It Sy evbsh3/
667support for the SH3 based evaluation boards
668.It Sy hp300/
669support for the Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 68000-based workstations
670.It Sy hpcmips/
671support for the MIPS based WinCE hand-held devices
672.It Sy i386/
673support for the Intel 386/486/Pentium/etc. workstations
674.It Sy luna68k/
675support for the Omron LUNA 68000-based workstations
676.It Sy m68k/
677general support for the 68000 processor
678.It Sy mac68k/
679support for the Apple Computer 68000-based workstations
680.It Sy macppc/
681support for the Apple Computer PowerPC-based workstations
682.It Sy mips/
683general support for MIPS architectures
684.It Sy mipsco/
685support for Mips Computer Systems Inc. architecture
686.It Sy mmeye/
687support for the Brains Inc. SH3 based mmEye multimedia server
688.It Sy mvme68k/
689support for the VME 68000-based cards
690.It Sy news68k/
691support for the Sony NEWS 68000-based workstations
692.It Sy newsmips/
693support for the Sony NEWS MIPS-based workstations
694.It Sy next68k/
695support for the NeXT 68000-based workstations
696.It Sy ofppc/
697support for Open Firmware PowerPC workstations
698.It Sy pc532/
699support for the pc532 architecture
700.It Sy pmax/
701support for the MIPS-based DECstation architecture
702.It Sy powerpc/
703general support for PowerPC architectures
704.It Sy prep/
705support for the PowerPC Reference Platform
706.It Sy sgimips/
707support for the SGI MIPS architecture
708.It Sy sh3/
709general support for SH3 architectures
710.It Sy sparc/
711support for the Sun Microsystems SPARC architecture
712.It Sy sparc64/
713support for the Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC architecture
714.It Sy sun3/
715support for the Sun Microsystems 68000-based architecture
716.It Sy vax/
717Digital Equipment Corp. VAX architecture
718.It Sy x68k/
719support for the Sharp X680x0 68000-based workstations
720.El
721.Pp
722.It Sy compat/
723kernel compatibility modules directory
724.Pp
725.Bl -tag -width "ossaudio/" -compact
726.It Sy common/
727common compatibility routines, old
728.Bx 4
729and
730.Nx
731routines.
732.It Sy freebsd/
733support for
734.Fx
735binaries; see
736.Xr compat_freebsd 8
737.It Sy hpux/
738support for 68000 HP-UX binaries
739.It Sy ibcs2/
740support for Intel Binary binaries
741.It Sy linux/
742support for Linux binaries; see
743.Xr compat_linux 8
744.It Sy m68k4k/
745support for 4Kb page 68000 binaries
746.It Sy netbsd32/
747support for NetBSD 32-bit binaries on 64 bit platforms with compatible
748CPU families
749.It Sy osf1/
750support for
751.Tn Digital
752.Ux
753.Po
754formerly
755.Tn OSF/1
756.Pc
757binaries
758.It Sy ossaudio/
759support for OSS audio
760.It Sy pecoff/
761support for
762.Tn Win32
763binaries; see
764.Xr compat_pecoff 8
765.It Sy sunos/
766support for
767.Tn SunOS 4.x
768binaries; see
769.Xr compat_sunos 8
770.It Sy svr4/
771support for System V Release 4 binaries; see
772.Xr compat_svr4 8
773.It Sy ultrix/
774support for
775.Tn Ultrix
776binaries
777.It Sy vax1k/
778support for older Vax binaries that started on a 1 KB boundary
779.El
780.Pp
781.It Sy conf/
782architecture independent configuration directory
783.It Sy crypto/
784cryptographic kernel source, which may have import or export restrictions
785.It Sy ddb/
786in kernel debugger
787.It Sy dev/
788architecture independent device support
789.It Sy filecorefs/
790support for the Acorn RISC OS filecore filesystem; see
791.Xr mount_filecore 8
792.It Sy gdbscripts/
793support for accessing kernel structures from within the debugger
794.Xr gdb 1 .
795.It Sy ipkdb/
796support for kernel debugging over the network
797.It Sy isofs/
798support for ISO filesystems
799.Pp
800.Bl -tag -width "cd9660/" -compact
801.It Sy cd9660/
802support for the ISO-9660 filesystem; see
803.Xr mount_cd9660 8
804.El
805.Pp
806.It Sy kern/
807support for the high kernel (system calls)
808.It Sy lib/
809kernel libraries
810.Pp
811.Bl -tag -width "libkern/" -compact
812.It Sy libkern/
813C library routines used in the kernel
814.It Sy libsa/
815machine independant stand alone kernel library
816.It Sy libz/
817compression library
818.El
819.Pp
820.It Sy lkm/
821loadable kernel modules
822.Pp
823.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
824.It Sy compat/
825LKM support compatibility modules;  currently unsupported.
826.It Sy netinet/
827LKM support networking modules
828.Pp
829.Bl -tag -width "if_ipl/" -compact
830.It Sy if_ipl/
831LKM for IP-Filter
832.El
833.Pp
834.It Sy vfs/
835LKM support for file systems.
836.El
837.Pp
838.It Sy miscfs/
839miscellaneous file systems
840.Pp
841.Bl -tag -width "deadfs/" -compact
842.It Sy deadfs/
843kernel only dead file system
844.It Sy fdesc/
845file descriptor file system; see
846.Xr mount_fdesc 8
847.It Sy fifofs/
848POSIX FIFO support
849.It Sy genfs/
850kernel only generic file system
851.It Sy kernfs/
852kernel namespace file system; see
853.Xr mount_kernfs 8
854.It Sy nullfs/
855loop back file system; see
856.Xr mount_null 8
857.It Sy overlay/
858overlay file system; see
859.Xr mount_overlay 8
860.It Sy portal/
861portal file system; see
862.Xr mount_portal 8
863.It Sy procfs/
864process file system; see
865.Xr mount_procfs 8
866.It Sy specfs/
867kernel only special file system
868.It Sy syncfs/
869kernel trickle sync algorithm
870.It Sy umapfs/
871user and group re-mapping file system; see
872.Xr mount_umap 8
873.It Sy union/
874union file system; see
875.Xr mount_union 8
876.El
877.Pp
878.It Sy msdosfs/
879.Tn MS-DOS
880file system; see
881.Xr mount_msdos 8
882.It Sy net/
883miscellaneous networking support
884.It Sy netatalk/
885AppleTalk networking support
886.It Sy netccitt/
887CCITT networking support
888.It Sy netinet/
889IP networking support
890.It Sy netinet6/
891IPv6 networking support
892.It Sy netiso/
893ISO networking support
894.It Sy netkey/
895Key database for IPsec networking support
896.It Sy netnatm/
897ATM networking support
898.It Sy netns/
899XNS networking support
900.It Sy nfs/
901NFS support
902.It Sy ntfs/
903NTFS filesystem support
904.It Sy stand/
905kernel standalone support
906.It Sy sys/
907kernel (and system) include files
908.It Sy ufs/
909local filesystem support
910.Pp
911.Bl -tag -width "ffs/" -compact
912.It Sy ffs/
913the Berkeley Fast File System
914.It Sy lfs/
915the log-structured file system
916.It Sy mfs/
917the in-memory file system
918.It Sy ufs/
919shared
920.Ux
921file system support
922.El
923.It Sy uvm/
924UVM virtual memory system
925.It Sy vm/
926virtual memory support
927.El
928.It Sy usr.bin/
929source for utilities/files in
930.Pa /usr/bin
931.It Sy usr.sbin/
932source for utilities/files in
933.Pa /usr/sbin
934.El
935.It Sy /var/
936multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
937.Pp
938.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
939.It Sy account/
940system accounting files
941.Pp
942.Bl -tag -width "acct" -compact
943.It Sy acct
944execution accounting file;
945see
946.Xr acct 5
947.El
948.Pp
949.It Sy at/
950timed command scheduling files;
951see
952.Xr at 1
953.It Sy backups/
954miscellaneous backup files, largely of files found in
955.Pa /etc
956.It Sy crash/
957system crash dumps; see
958.Xr savecore 8
959.It Sy cron/
960scheduled commands configuration files; see
961.Xr cron 8
962.It Sy db/
963miscellaneous automatically generated system-specific database files
964.It Sy games/
965miscellaneous game status and log files
966.It Sy heimdal/
967Kerberos 5 KDC database; see
968.Xr kdc 8
969.It Sy log/
970miscellaneous system log files
971.Pp
972.Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
973.It Sy amd.*
974.Xr amd 8
975logs
976.It Sy daily.out
977output of the last run of the
978.Pa /etc/daily
979script
980.It Sy ftp.*
981.Xr ftp 1
982logs
983.It Sy kerberos.*
984.Xr kerberos 1
985logs
986.It Sy lastlog
987system last time logged in log; see
988.Xr utmp 5
989.It Sy lpd-errs.*
990printer daemon error logs; see
991.Xr lpd 8
992.It Sy maillog.*
993.Xr sendmail 8
994log files
995.It Sy messages.*
996general system information log
997.It Sy monthly.out
998output of the last run of the
999.Pa /etc/monthly
1000script
1001.It Sy secure
1002sensitive security information log
1003.It Sy sendmail.st
1004.Xr sendmail 8
1005statistics
1006.It Sy timed.*
1007.Xr timed 8
1008logs
1009.It Sy weekly.out
1010output of the last run of the
1011.Pa /etc/weekly
1012script
1013.It Sy wtmp
1014login/logout log;
1015see
1016.Xr utmp 5
1017.El
1018.Pp
1019.It Sy mail/
1020user system mailboxes
1021.It Sy msgs/
1022system messages; see
1023.Xr msgs 1
1024.\" since we use nvi (now called vi) this isn't the place any more, is it?
1025.It Sy pkg/
1026working files for third party packages
1027.It Sy preserve/
1028temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of
1029.Xr ex 1
1030or
1031.Xr vi 1
1032.It Sy quotas/
1033filesystem quota information
1034.It Sy run/
1035system information files, rebuilt after each reboot
1036.Pp
1037.Bl -tag -width "utmp" -compact
1038.It Sy utmp
1039database of current users; see
1040.Xr utmp 5
1041.El
1042.Pp
1043.It Sy rwho/
1044rwho data files; see
1045.Xr rwhod 8 ,
1046.Xr rwho 1 ,
1047and
1048.Xr ruptime 1
1049.It Sy spool/
1050miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories
1051.Pp
1052.Bl -tag -width "uucppublic/" -compact
1053.It Sy ftp/
1054commonly
1055.Dq ~ftp ,
1056the anonymous ftp root directory; see
1057.Xr ftpd 8
1058.It Sy mqueue/
1059undelivered mail queue;
1060see
1061.Xr sendmail 8
1062.It Sy news/
1063Network news archival and spooling directories
1064.It Sy output/
1065printer spooling directories
1066.It Sy uucp/
1067uucp spool directory
1068.It Sy uucppublic/
1069commonly
1070.Dq ~uucp ,
1071the uucp public temporary directory; see
1072.Xr uucp 1
1073.El
1074.Pp
1075.It Sy tmp/
1076temporary files that are not discarded between system reboots
1077.Pp
1078.Bl -tag -width "vi.recover/" -compact
1079.It Sy vi.recover/
1080recovery directory for new
1081.Xr vi 1
1082.El
1083.It Sy yp/
1084Databases and configuration for the NIS (YP) system; see
1085.Xr nis 8 .
1086.El
1087.El
1088.Sh SEE ALSO
1089.Xr apropos 1 ,
1090.Xr ls 1 ,
1091.Xr whatis 1 ,
1092.Xr whereis 1 ,
1093.Xr which 1
1094.Sh HISTORY
1095A
1096.Nm
1097manual page appeared in
1098.At v7 .
1099