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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.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 /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 \*[Am] 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/
649architecture-specific support
650.Pp
651.Bl -tag -width "playstation2/" -compact
652.It Sy acorn26/
653ARM2 and ARM3 based systems
654.It Sy acorn32/
655Acorn RiscPC/A7000/NC and compatibles
656.It Sy algor/
657Algorithmics MIPS evaluations board
658.It Sy alpha/
659Digital Equipment Corp. Alpha architecture
660.It Sy amiga/
661Amiga architecture
662.It Sy amigappc/
663PowerPC based Amiga architecture
664.It Sy arc/
665ARC specification compliant systems.
666.It Sy arm/
667ARM processor general support
668.It Sy atari/
669Atari architecture
670.It Sy bebox/
671Be Inc. BeBox architecture
672.It Sy cats/
673Chalice Technology StrongARM evaluation board
674.It Sy cesfic/
675CES FIC8234 VME processor board
676.It Sy cobalt/
677Cobalt Networks MIPS Microserver architecture
678.It Sy dreamcast/
679Sega Dreamcast game console
680.It Sy evbarm/
681ARM based evaluation boards
682.It Sy evbmips/
683MIPS based evaluation boards
684.It Sy evbsh3/
685SH3 based evaluation boards
686.It Sy hp300/
687Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 680x0-based workstations
688.It Sy hparm/
689StrongARM based WinCE hand-held devices
690.It Sy hpcmips/
691MIPS based WinCE hand-held devices
692.It Sy hpcsh/
693Hitachi SH3/4 based WinCE hand-held devices
694.It Sy i386/
695Intel 386/486/Pentium/etc. workstations
696.It Sy luna68k/
697Omron LUNA 68000-based workstations
698.It Sy m68k/
699680x0 processor support
700.It Sy mac68k/
701Apple Computer 680x0-based workstations
702.It Sy macppc/
703Apple Computer PowerPC-based workstations
704.It Sy mips/
705MIPS processor support
706.It Sy mipsco/
707Mips Computer Systems Inc. architecture
708.It Sy mmeye/
709Brains Inc. SH3 based mmEye multimedia server
710.It Sy mvme68k/
711VME 680x0-based cards
712.It Sy news68k/
713Sony NEWS 680x0-based workstations
714.It Sy newsmips/
715Sony NEWS MIPS-based workstations
716.It Sy next68k/
717NeXT 680x0-based workstations
718.It Sy ofppc/
719Open Firmware PowerPC workstations
720.It Sy pc532/
721pc532 architecture
722.It Sy playstation2/
723SONY PlayStation 2
724.It Sy pmax/
725MIPS-based DECstation architecture
726.It Sy pmppc/
727Artesyn's PM/PPC board
728.It Sy powerpc/
729PowerPC processor support
730.It Sy prep/
731PowerPC Reference Platform
732.It Sy sandpoint/
733Motorola Sandpoint reference platform
734.It Sy sbmips/
735Broadcom/SiByte MIPS architecture
736.It Sy sgimips/
737SGI MIPS architecture
738.It Sy sh3/
739SH3 processor general support
740.It Sy shark/
741StrongARM based Digital DNARD ("Shark") machines
742.It Sy sparc/
743Sun Microsystems SPARC architecture
744.It Sy sparc64/
745Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC architecture
746.It Sy sun2/
747Sun Microsystems 68010-based Sun 2 architecture
748.It Sy sun3/
749Sun Microsystems 68020/68030-based Sun 3/3x architecture
750.It Sy sun68k/
751680x0-based Sun architecture general support
752.It Sy vax/
753Digital Equipment Corp. VAX architecture
754.It Sy walnut/
755IBM 405GP PowerPC "walnut" evaluation board
756.It Sy x68k/
757Sharp X680x0 680x0-based workstations
758.It Sy x86_64/
759AMD x86-64(tm) 64-bit CPU
760.El
761.Pp
762.It Sy compat/
763kernel compatibility modules directory
764.Pp
765.Bl -tag -width "ossaudio/" -compact
766.It Sy common/
767common compatibility routines, old
768.Bx 4
769and
770.Nx
771routines.
772.It Sy freebsd/
773support for
774.Fx
775binaries; see
776.Xr compat_freebsd 8
777.It Sy hpux/
778support for 68000 HP-UX binaries
779.It Sy ibcs2/
780support for Intel Binary binaries
781.It Sy linux/
782support for Linux binaries; see
783.Xr compat_linux 8
784.It Sy m68k4k/
785support for 4Kb page 68000 binaries
786.It Sy netbsd32/
787support for
788.Nx
78932-bit binaries on 64 bit platforms with compatible CPU families
790.It Sy osf1/
791support for
792.Tn Digital
793.Ux
794.Po
795formerly
796.Tn OSF/1
797.Pc
798binaries
799.It Sy ossaudio/
800support for OSS audio
801.It Sy pecoff/
802support for
803.Tn Win32
804binaries; see
805.Xr compat_pecoff 8
806.It Sy sunos/
807support for
808.Tn SunOS 4.x
809binaries; see
810.Xr compat_sunos 8
811.It Sy svr4/
812support for System V Release 4 binaries; see
813.Xr compat_svr4 8
814.It Sy ultrix/
815support for
816.Tn Ultrix
817binaries
818.It Sy vax1k/
819support for older Vax binaries that started on a 1 KB boundary
820.El
821.Pp
822.It Sy conf/
823architecture independent configuration directory
824.It Sy crypto/
825cryptographic kernel source, which may have import or export restrictions
826.It Sy ddb/
827in kernel debugger
828.It Sy dev/
829architecture independent device support
830.It Sy filecorefs/
831support for the Acorn RISC OS filecore filesystem; see
832.Xr mount_filecore 8
833.It Sy gdbscripts/
834support for accessing kernel structures from within the debugger
835.Xr gdb 1 .
836.It Sy ipkdb/
837support for kernel debugging over the network
838.It Sy isofs/
839support for ISO filesystems
840.Pp
841.Bl -tag -width "cd9660/" -compact
842.It Sy cd9660/
843support for the ISO-9660 filesystem; see
844.Xr mount_cd9660 8
845.El
846.Pp
847.It Sy kern/
848support for the high kernel (system calls)
849.It Sy lib/
850kernel libraries
851.Pp
852.Bl -tag -width "libkern/" -compact
853.It Sy libkern/
854C library routines used in the kernel
855.It Sy libsa/
856machine independant stand alone kernel library
857.It Sy libz/
858compression library
859.El
860.Pp
861.It Sy lkm/
862loadable kernel modules
863.Pp
864.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
865.It Sy compat/
866LKM support compatibility modules;  currently unsupported.
867.It Sy netinet/
868LKM support networking modules
869.Pp
870.Bl -tag -width "if_ipl/" -compact
871.It Sy if_ipl/
872LKM for IP-Filter
873.El
874.Pp
875.It Sy vfs/
876LKM support for file systems.
877.El
878.Pp
879.It Sy miscfs/
880miscellaneous file systems
881.Pp
882.Bl -tag -width "deadfs/" -compact
883.It Sy deadfs/
884kernel only dead file system
885.It Sy fdesc/
886file descriptor file system; see
887.Xr mount_fdesc 8
888.It Sy fifofs/
889POSIX FIFO support
890.It Sy genfs/
891kernel only generic file system
892.It Sy kernfs/
893kernel namespace file system; see
894.Xr mount_kernfs 8
895.It Sy nullfs/
896loop back file system; see
897.Xr mount_null 8
898.It Sy overlay/
899overlay file system; see
900.Xr mount_overlay 8
901.It Sy portal/
902portal file system; see
903.Xr mount_portal 8
904.It Sy procfs/
905process file system; see
906.Xr mount_procfs 8
907.It Sy specfs/
908kernel only special file system
909.It Sy syncfs/
910kernel trickle sync algorithm
911.It Sy umapfs/
912user and group re-mapping file system; see
913.Xr mount_umap 8
914.It Sy union/
915union file system; see
916.Xr mount_union 8
917.El
918.Pp
919.It Sy msdosfs/
920.Tn MS-DOS
921file system; see
922.Xr mount_msdos 8
923.It Sy net/
924miscellaneous networking support
925.It Sy netatalk/
926AppleTalk networking support
927.It Sy netccitt/
928CCITT networking support
929.It Sy netinet/
930IP networking support
931.It Sy netinet6/
932IPv6 networking support
933.It Sy netiso/
934ISO networking support
935.It Sy netkey/
936Key database for IPsec networking support
937.It Sy netnatm/
938ATM networking support
939.It Sy netns/
940XNS networking support
941.It Sy nfs/
942NFS support
943.It Sy ntfs/
944NTFS filesystem support
945.It Sy stand/
946kernel standalone support
947.It Sy sys/
948kernel (and system) include files
949.It Sy ufs/
950local filesystem support
951.Pp
952.Bl -tag -width "ffs/" -compact
953.It Sy ffs/
954the Berkeley Fast File System
955.It Sy lfs/
956the log-structured file system
957.It Sy mfs/
958the in-memory file system
959.It Sy ufs/
960shared
961.Ux
962file system support
963.El
964.It Sy uvm/
965UVM virtual memory system
966.El
967.It Sy usr.bin/
968source for utilities/files in
969.Pa /usr/bin
970.It Sy usr.sbin/
971source for utilities/files in
972.Pa /usr/sbin
973.El
974.It Sy /var/
975multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
976.Pp
977.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
978.It Sy account/
979system accounting files
980.Pp
981.Bl -tag -width "acct" -compact
982.It Sy acct
983execution accounting file;
984see
985.Xr acct 5
986.El
987.Pp
988.It Sy at/
989timed command scheduling files;
990see
991.Xr at 1
992.It Sy backups/
993miscellaneous backup files, largely of files found in
994.Pa /etc
995.It Sy chroot/
996home directories of applications which are run in a
997.Xr chroot 8
998.Dq cage .
999.It Sy crash/
1000system crash dumps; see
1001.Xr savecore 8
1002.It Sy cron/
1003scheduled commands configuration files; see
1004.Xr cron 8
1005.It Sy db/
1006miscellaneous automatically generated system-specific database files
1007.It Sy games/
1008miscellaneous game status and log files
1009.It Sy heimdal/
1010Kerberos 5 KDC database; see
1011.Xr kdc 8
1012.It Sy log/
1013miscellaneous system log files
1014.Pp
1015.Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
1016.It Sy amd.*
1017.Xr amd 8
1018logs
1019.It Sy daily.out
1020output of the last run of the
1021.Pa /etc/daily
1022script
1023.It Sy ftp.*
1024.Xr ftp 1
1025logs
1026.It Sy kerberos.*
1027.Xr kerberos 8
1028logs
1029.It Sy lastlog
1030system last time logged in log; see
1031.Xr utmp 5
1032.It Sy lpd-errs.*
1033printer daemon error logs; see
1034.Xr lpd 8
1035.It Sy maillog.*
1036.Xr sendmail 8
1037log files
1038.It Sy messages.*
1039general system information log
1040.It Sy monthly.out
1041output of the last run of the
1042.Pa /etc/monthly
1043script
1044.It Sy secure
1045sensitive security information log
1046.It Sy sendmail.st
1047.Xr sendmail 8
1048statistics
1049.It Sy timed.*
1050.Xr timed 8
1051logs
1052.It Sy weekly.out
1053output of the last run of the
1054.Pa /etc/weekly
1055script
1056.It Sy wtmp
1057login/logout log;
1058see
1059.Xr utmp 5
1060.El
1061.Pp
1062.It Sy mail/
1063user system mailboxes
1064.It Sy msgs/
1065system messages; see
1066.Xr msgs 1
1067.\" since we use nvi (now called vi) this isn't the place any more, is it?
1068.It Sy pkg/
1069working files for third party packages
1070.It Sy preserve/
1071temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of
1072.Xr ex 1
1073or
1074.Xr vi 1
1075.It Sy quotas/
1076filesystem quota information
1077.It Sy run/
1078system information files, rebuilt after each reboot
1079.Pp
1080.Bl -tag -width "utmp" -compact
1081.It Sy utmp
1082database of current users; see
1083.Xr utmp 5
1084.El
1085.Pp
1086.It Sy rwho/
1087rwho data files; see
1088.Xr rwhod 8 ,
1089.Xr rwho 1 ,
1090and
1091.Xr ruptime 1
1092.It Sy spool/
1093miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories
1094.Pp
1095.Bl -tag -width "uucppublic/" -compact
1096.It Sy ftp/
1097commonly
1098.Dq ~ftp ,
1099the anonymous ftp root directory; see
1100.Xr ftpd 8
1101.It Sy mqueue/
1102undelivered mail queue;
1103see
1104.Xr sendmail 8
1105.It Sy news/
1106Network news archival and spooling directories
1107.It Sy output/
1108printer spooling directories
1109.It Sy uucp/
1110uucp spool directory
1111.It Sy uucppublic/
1112commonly
1113.Dq ~uucp ,
1114the uucp public temporary directory; see
1115.Xr uucp 1
1116.El
1117.Pp
1118.It Sy tmp/
1119temporary files that are not discarded between system reboots
1120.Pp
1121.Bl -tag -width "vi.recover/" -compact
1122.It Sy vi.recover/
1123recovery directory for new
1124.Xr vi 1
1125.El
1126.It Sy yp/
1127Databases and configuration for the NIS (YP) system; see
1128.Xr nis 8 .
1129.El
1130.El
1131.Sh SEE ALSO
1132.Xr apropos 1 ,
1133.Xr ls 1 ,
1134.Xr whatis 1 ,
1135.Xr whereis 1 ,
1136.Xr which 1
1137.Sh HISTORY
1138A
1139.Nm
1140manual page appeared in
1141.At v7 .
1142