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32.Dd March 25, 2019
33.Dt HIER 7
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm hier
37.Nd layout of file systems
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39An outline of the file system hierarchy.
40.Pp
41Naming is very important.
42The
43.Ux
44System relies on filename conventions for much of its power as a system.
45The following file system layout describes generally where things are
46and what they are, with references to other man pages for more detailed
47documentation.
48.Pp
49Not all files will be in every system.
50.Bl -tag -width "/altroot/"
51.It Pa \&/
52Root directory of the system.
53.It Pa /COPYRIGHT
54System copyright notice, most often put on CD-ROM distributions.
55.It Pa "/[a-z]/"
56User file systems.
57.It Pa /altroot/
58Alternate root file system, in case of disaster.
59.\" .It Pa /amd/
60.\" Home directories mount point; see
61.\" .Xr amd 8 .
62.It Pa /bin/
63Utilities used in both single and multi-user environments.
64.It Pa /boot*
65Second-stage boot loader(s) for some platforms; see
66.Xr installboot 8 .
67.It Pa /cdrom/
68Empty directory commonly used by
69system administrators as a temporary mount point for ISO-9660 file
70systems on CD (or DVD) media.
71.It Pa /dev/
72Block, character, and other special device files.
73.Pp
74.Bl -tag -width "MAKEDEV" -compact
75.It Pa MAKEDEV
76Script for creating device files;
77see
78.Xr makedev 8 .
79.It Pa console
80The computer's console device.
81.It Pa drum
82The computer's swap space device; see
83.Xr drum 4 .
84.It Pa fd/
85File descriptor files;
86see
87.Xr fd 4 .
88.It Pa klog
89Kernel logging device; see
90.Xr syslog 3 .
91.It Pa kmem
92Kernel virtual memory device; see
93.Xr mem 4 .
94.It Pa log
95.Ux
96domain datagram log socket; see
97.Xr syslogd 8 .
98.It Pa mem
99Kernel physical memory device; see
100.Xr mem 4 .
101.It Pa null
102The null device; see
103.Xr null 4 .
104.It Pa pts/
105Mount point for the pseudo-terminal device file system; see
106.Xr mount_ptyfs 8 .
107.It Pa stderr
108.It Pa stdin
109.It Pa stdout
110File descriptor files;
111see
112.Xr fd 4 .
113.It Pa tty
114Device pointing to each process's own controlling terminal; see
115.Xr tty 4 .
116.It Pa zero
117The zero device; see
118.Xr zero 4 .
119.El
120.\" .It Pa /dump/
121.\" Online
122.\" .Xr dump 8
123.\" repository.
124.It Pa /etc/
125System configuration files and scripts.
126.Pp
127.Bl -tag -width "master.passwd" -compact
128.It Pa amd*
129Configuration files for
130.Xr amd 8 .
131.It Pa changelist
132Files backed up by the
133.Pa security
134script.
135.It Pa crontab
136Schedule used by the
137.Xr cron 8
138daemon.
139.It Pa csh.cshrc
140.It Pa csh.login
141.It Pa csh.logout
142System-wide scripts for
143.Xr csh 1 .
144.It Pa daily
145Script run each day by
146.Xr cron 8 .
147.It Pa daily.conf
148Configuration file for
149.Pa daily ;
150see
151.Xr daily.conf 5 .
152.It Pa defaults/
153Default configuration files read by various
154.Pa /etc/*.conf
155files.
156.It Pa disktab
157Disk description file; see
158.Xr disktab 5 .
159.It Pa dm.conf
160Dungeon master configuration; see
161.Xr dm.conf 5 .
162.It Pa dumpdates
163Dump history; see
164.Xr dump 8 .
165.It Pa exports
166File system export information; see
167.Xr mountd 8 .
168.It Pa fstab
169File system mounting table; see
170.Xr fstab 5
171and
172.Xr mount 8 .
173.It Pa ftpusers
174Users denied
175.Xr ftp 1
176access; see
177.Xr ftpd 8 .
178.It Pa ftpwelcome
179.Xr ftp 1
180initial message; see
181.Xr ftpd 8 .
182.It Pa gettytab
183Terminal configuration database; see
184.Xr gettytab 5 .
185.It Pa group
186Group permissions file; see
187.Xr group 5 .
188.It Pa hosts
189Host name database backup for
190.Xr named 8 ;
191see
192.Xr hosts 5 .
193.It Pa hosts.equiv
194Trusted machines with equivalent user IDs.
195(Obsolete.)
196.It Pa hosts.lpd
197Trusted machines with printing privileges.
198.It Pa inetd.conf
199Internet server configuration file; see
200.Xr inetd 8 .
201.It Pa kerberosV/
202Configuration files for Kerberos version V;
203see
204.Xr kerberos 8 .
205.It Pa localtime
206Local time zone;
207see
208.Xr ctime 3 .
209.It Pa login.conf
210Configuration of user classes and limits; see
211.Xr login.conf 5 .
212.It Pa mail/
213Configuration files for
214.Xr sendmail 1 .
215.Pp
216.Bl -tag -width "sendmail.*" -compact
217.It Pa aliases*
218Username alias files.
219.It Pa sendmail.*
220.Xr sendmail 1
221configuration information.
222.El
223.It Pa mail.rc
224System-wide initialization script for
225.Xr mail 1 .
226.It Pa man.conf
227Configuration file for
228.Xr man 1 ;
229see
230.Xr man.conf 5 .
231.It Pa master.passwd
232Main password file, readable only by root; see
233.Xr passwd 5 .
234.It Pa mk.conf
235Optional file containing
236.Xr make 1
237variables, used to configure pkgsrc and the system sources.
238.It Pa monthly
239Script run each month by
240.Xr cron 8 .
241.It Pa monthly.conf
242Configuration file for
243.Pa monthly ;
244see
245.Xr monthly.conf 5 .
246.It Pa motd
247System message of the day.
248.It Pa mtree/
249.Xr mtree 8
250configuration files.
251.It Pa named.*
252.It Pa namedb/
253.Xr named 8
254configuration files and databases.
255.It Pa netgroup
256Network groups; see
257.Xr netgroup 5 .
258.It Pa netstart
259Network startup script .
260.It Pa networks
261Network name database; see
262.Xr networks 5 .
263.It Pa passwd
264World readable password file generated from master.passwd; see
265.Xr passwd 5 ,
266.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 .
267.It Pa phones
268Remote host telephone number data base; see
269.Xr phones 5 .
270.It Pa printcap
271Printer configuration for
272.Xr lpr 1 ;
273see
274.Xr printcap 5 .
275.It Pa profile
276System-wide scripts for
277.Xr sh 1 .
278.It Pa protocols
279Protocol name database; see
280.Xr protocols 5 .
281.It Pa pwd.db
282Database form of passwd file; see
283.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 .
284.It Pa rc
285Master system startup script invoked by
286.Xr init 8 ;
287see
288.Xr rc 8 .
289.It Pa rc.conf
290Configuration file for system startup and shutdown scripts; see
291.Xr rc.conf 5 .
292.It Pa rc.d/
293Directory containing per-subsystem startup and shutdown scripts; see
294.Xr rc 8 .
295.It Pa rc.local
296Locally editable system startup script.
297.It Pa rc.shutdown
298Master system shutdown script invoked by
299.Xr shutdown 8 ;
300see
301.Xr rc 8 .
302.It Pa remote
303Remote host description file; see
304.Xr remote 5 .
305.It Pa security
306Daily (in)security script run by
307.Xr cron 8 .
308.It Pa security.conf
309Configuration file for
310.Pa security ;
311see
312.Xr security.conf 5 .
313.It Pa services
314Service name data base; see
315.Xr services 5 .
316.It Pa shells
317List of permitted shells; see
318.Xr shells 5 .
319.It Pa skel/
320Sample initialization files for new user accounts.
321.It Pa sliphome/
322SLIP login/logout scripts; see
323.Xr sliplogin 8 .
324.It Pa spwd.db
325Database form of master.passwd file; see
326.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 .
327.It Pa syslog.conf
328.Xr syslogd 8
329Configuration file; see
330.Xr syslog.conf 5 .
331.It Pa ttyaction
332Login hooks for specific ttys, typically used to chown console
333devices.
334See
335.Xr ttyaction 5 .
336.It Pa ttys
337Terminal initialization information; see
338.Xr ttys 5 .
339.It Pa weekly
340Script run each week by
341.Xr cron 8 .
342.It Pa weekly.conf
343Configuration file for
344.Pa weekly ;
345see
346.Xr weekly.conf 5 .
347.El
348.It Pa /home/
349Default location for user home directories.
350.It Pa /kern/
351Mount point for the kern file system; see
352.Xr mount_kernfs 8 .
353.It Pa /lib/
354Dynamic linked libraries used by dynamically linked programs
355that cannot rely upon
356.Pa /usr/lib/
357being available, such as those in
358.Pa /bin/
359and
360.Pa /sbin/ .
361.It Pa /libdata/
362Non-executable files
363.Pq such as device firmware
364required at boot time, when
365.Pa /usr/libdata
366may not be available.
367.It Pa /libexec/
368System utilities (such as the dynamic linker) required by programs
369and libraries that cannot rely upon
370.Pa /usr/libexec/
371being available.
372.It Pa /mnt/
373Empty directory commonly used by
374system administrators as a temporary mount point.
375.It Pa /net/
376automounted NFS shares;
377see
378.Xr auto_master 5
379.It Pa /netbsd
380Kernel executable image (the operating system loaded into memory
381at boot time).
382.It Pa /proc/
383Mount point for the process file system; see
384.Xr mount_procfs 8 .
385.It Pa /rescue/
386Statically linked rescue tools, for use in system recovery.
387.It Pa /root/
388Home directory for the super-user.
389.Pp
390.Bl -tag -width ".profile" -compact
391.It Pa \&.cshrc
392Super-user start-up file for
393.Xr csh 1 .
394.It Pa \&.login
395super-user start-up file for
396.Xr csh 1 .
397.It Pa \&.profile
398super-user start-up file for
399.Xr sh 1 .
400.It Pa \&.rhosts
401Super-user id mapping between machines.
402(Obsolete.)
403.El
404.It Pa /sbin/
405System programs and administration utilities
406used in both single-user and multi-user environments.
407.It Pa /stand/
408Programs used in a standalone environment, that is, things that run on
409bare hardware without a kernel.
410Currently kernel modules are also placed here, although this remains
411somewhat controversial and they may yet get moved.
412.It Pa /tmp/
413Temporary files.
414The contents of
415.Pa /tmp
416are usually
417.Em not
418preserved across a system reboot.
419.It Pa /usr/
420Contains the majority of the system utilities and files.
421.Pp
422.Bl -tag -width "libdata/" -compact
423.It Pa X11R7/
424X11 files (for X11 revision 7).
425.Pp
426.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
427.It Pa bin/
428X11 binaries.
429.It Pa include/
430X11 include files.
431.It Pa lib/
432X11 libraries.
433.El
434.Pp
435.It Pa bin/
436Common utilities, programming tools, and applications.
437.It Pa games/
438The important stuff.
439.It Pa include/
440Standard C (and extension) include files.
441.Pp
442.Bl -tag -width "protocols/" -compact
443.It Pa arpa/
444Include files for Internet service protocols.
445.It Pa atf/
446Include files for the Automated Testing Framework; see
447.Xr atf 7 .
448.It Pa g++/
449Include files for the GNU C++ compiler.
450.It Pa machine/
451Machine specific include files.
452.It Pa net/
453Miscellaneous network include files.
454.It Pa netatalk/
455C include files for AppleTalk protocols
456see
457.Xr atalk 4 .
458.It Pa netinet/
459Include files for Internet standard protocols; see
460.Xr inet 4 .
461.It Pa netinet6/
462Include files for Internet protocol version 6; see
463.Xr inet6 4 .
464.It Pa netipsec/
465Include files for secret key management, used for security protocols; see
466.Xr ipsec 4 .
467.It Pa nfs/
468C include files for NFS (Network File System).
469.It Pa protocols/
470C include files for Berkeley service protocols.
471.It Pa sys/
472``System-level'' C include files.
473.It Pa ufs/
474C include files for several mutually related file systems.
475(The `u' was originally for
476.Ux . )
477.El
478.Pp
479.It Pa lib/
480Archive, profiled, position independent archive, and shared libraries.
481.Pp
482.Bl -tag -width "lua/" -compact
483.It Pa lua/
484.Bl -tag -width "5.3/" -compact
485.It Pa 5.3/
486Lua 5.3 modules.
487.El
488.El
489.Pp
490.It Pa libdata/
491Miscellaneous utility data files.
492.It Pa libexec/
493System daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs).
494.Pp
495.It Pa mdec/
496Boot blocks, etc.
497.It Pa obj/
498Architecture-specific target tree produced by building the
499.Pa /usr/src
500tree; often a symbolic link or mounted file system.
501.It Pa pkg/
502Installed third-party software packages.
503.Pp
504.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
505.It Pa bin/
506Package binaries.
507.It Pa include/
508Package include files.
509.It Pa lib/
510Package libraries.
511.It Pa libdata/
512Package data files.
513.It Pa libexec/
514Package daemons.
515.It Pa sbin/
516Package system utilities.
517.El
518.Pp
519.It Pa pkgsrc/
520Build descriptions (packaging) for the
521.Nx
522package system.
523.Pp
524.Bl -tag -width "distfilesX" -compact
525.It Pa distfiles/
526Downloaded upstream source archives.
527.It Pa packages/
528Compiled binary packages.
529.El
530.Pp
531There are also several other subdirectories which contain packages of
532a certain category, e.g., archivers, graphics, ...
533.Pp
534.It Pa sbin/
535System daemons and system utilities (normally executed by the super-user).
536.It Pa share/
537Architecture-independent files, mostly text.
538.Pp
539.Bl -tag -width "calendar/" -compact
540.It Pa calendar/
541A variety of calendar files; see
542.Xr calendar 1 .
543.It Pa dict/
544Word lists;
545see
546.Xr look 1
547and
548.Xr spell 1 .
549.Pp
550.Bl -tag -width "special/" -compact
551.It Pa words
552Common words.
553.It Pa web2
554Words from Webster's Second International Dictionary.
555.It Pa papers/
556Reference databases;
557see
558.Xr refer 1 .
559.It Pa special/
560Custom word lists;
561see
562.Xr spell 1 .
563.El
564.Pp
565.It Pa doc/
566Miscellaneous documentation.
567.It Pa games/
568Data files used by various games.
569.It Pa i18n/
570internationalization databases; see
571.Xr iconv 3 .
572.It Pa locale/
573Locale databases and gettext message catalogs; see
574.Xr setlocale 3
575and
576.Xr gettext 3 .
577.It Pa man/
578Manual pages.
579.It Pa me/
580Macros for use with the
581.Xr me 7
582roff macro package.
583.It Pa misc/
584Miscellaneous system-wide text files.
585.Pp
586.Bl -tag -width "terminfo.cdb" -compact
587.It Pa terminfo
588Terminal characteristics database;
589see
590.Xr terminfo 5 .
591.It Pa terminfo.cdb
592database form of terminfo file; see
593.Xr tic 1 .
594.El
595.Pp
596.It Pa mk/
597Include files for
598.Xr make 1 .
599.It Pa ms/
600Macros for use with the
601.Xr ms 7
602roff macro package.
603.It Pa nls/
604Message catalogs; see
605.Xr catgets 3 .
606.It Pa tmac/
607Text processing macros;
608see
609.Xr nroff 1
610and
611.Xr troff 1 .
612.It Pa zoneinfo/
613Time zone database;
614see
615.Xr tzfile 5 .
616.El
617.It Pa tests/
618Test programs; see
619.Xr tests 7
620for information on how to run them.
621.El
622.It Pa /usr/src/
623.Nx
624and local source files.
625.Pp
626.Bl -tag -width "domestic/" -compact
627.It Pa bin/
628Source for utilities/files in
629.Pa /bin .
630.It Pa common/
631Sources shared between kernel and userland.
632.It Pa crypto/
633Cryptographic source, which may have import or export restrictions.
634.It Pa dist/
635Third-party
636.Sq virgin
637source code, referenced by other parts of the source tree.
638(Deprecated; use
639.Pa external/
640instead.)
641.It Pa distrib/
642Tools and data files for making
643.Nx
644releases and distributions.
645.It Pa doc/
646Documentation about the source tree (i.e., about the tree, not about
647how to use the software in the tree.)
648.It Pa etc/
649Source (usually example files) for files in
650.Pa /etc .
651.It Pa external/
652Source for programs from external third parties
653(where
654.Nx
655is the not the primary maintainer),
656grouped by license, and then products per license.
657.Pp
658.Bl -tag -width "intel-fw-public/" -compact
659.It Pa apache2/
660Apache 2.0 license.
661.It Pa bsd/
662BSD (or equivalent) licensed software,
663possibly with the
664.Dq advertising clause .
665.It Pa cddl/
666Common Development and Distribution License (the Sun license which is
667based on the Mozilla Public License version 1.1).
668.It Pa gpl2/
669GNU Public License, version 2 (or earlier).
670.It Pa gpl3/
671GNU Public License, version 3.
672.It Pa historical/
673Lucent's old license.
674.It Pa ibm-public/
675IBM's public license.
676.It Pa intel-fw-eula/
677Intel firmware license with redistribution restricted to OEM.
678.It Pa intel-fw-public/
679Intel firmware license permitting redistribution with
680terms similar to BSD licensed software.
681.It Pa intel-public/
682Intel license permitting redistribution with terms similar to
683BSD licensed software.
684.It Pa mit/
685MIT (X11) style license.
686.It Pa zlib/
687BSD-like zlib license.
688.El
689.Pp
690.It Pa games/
691Source for utilities/files in
692.Pa /usr/games .
693.It Pa gnu/
694Source for programs covered by the GNU license (or similar)
695(deprecated; use
696.Pa external/gpl2/
697or
698.Pa external/gpl3/
699as appropriate).
700.It Pa include/
701Source for files in
702.Pa /usr/include .
703.It Pa lib/
704Source for libraries in
705.Pa /usr/lib .
706.It Pa libexec/
707Source for utilities/files in
708.Pa /usr/libexec .
709.It Pa regress/
710Various legacy regression tests.
711.It Pa rescue/
712Source/makefiles for
713.Pa /rescue .
714.It Pa sbin/
715Source for utilities/files in
716.Pa /sbin .
717.It Pa share/
718Source for files in
719.Pa /usr/share .
720.Pp
721.Bl -tag -width "doc/" -compact
722.It Pa doc/
723.Pp
724.Bl -tag -width "papers/" -compact
725.It Pa papers/
726Source for various historical technical papers (many from Berkeley).
727.It Pa psd/
728Source for Programmer's Supplementary Documents.
729.It Pa smm/
730Source for System Manager's Manual.
731.It Pa usd/
732Source for User's Supplementary Documents.
733.El
734.El
735.It Pa sys/
736Kernel source files.
737.Pp
738.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
739.It Pa arch/
740Architecture-specific support.
741.Pp
742.Bl -tag -width "playstation2/" -compact
743.It Pa acorn32/
744Acorn RiscPC/A7000 and VLSI RC7500.
745.It Pa algor/
746Algorithmics Ltd. MIPS evaluations boards.
747.It Pa alpha/
748Digital/Compaq Alpha.
749.It Pa amd64/
750Computers with x86_64 capable CPUs.
751.It Pa amiga/
752Commodore Amiga and MacroSystem DraCo.
753.It Pa amigappc/
754PowerPC based Amiga boards.
755.It Pa arc/
756MIPS-based machines following the Advanced RISC Computing spec.
757.It Pa arm/
758ARM processor general support.
759.It Pa atari/
760Atari TT030, Falcon and Hades.
761.It Pa bebox/
762Be Inc. BeBox.
763.It Pa cats/
764Chalice Technology's CATS and Intel's EBSA-285 evaluation boards.
765.It Pa cesfic/
766CES FIC8234 VME processor board.
767.It Pa cobalt/
768Cobalt Networks' MIPS-based Microserver.
769.It Pa dreamcast/
770Sega Dreamcast game console.
771.It Pa emips/
772Machines based on Extensible MIPS.
773.It Pa evbarm/
774ARM based evaluation boards.
775.It Pa evbmips/
776MIPS based evaluation boards.
777.It Pa evbppc/
778PowerPC based evaluation boards and appliances.
779.It Pa evbsh3/
780SH3/SH4 based evaluation boards.
781.It Pa ews4800mips/
782NEC's MIPS based EWS4800 workstations.
783.It Pa hp300/
784Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 and 400 680x0-based workstations.
785.It Pa hppa/
786Hewlett-Packard 9000/700 and 9000/800 HPPA based workstations.
787.It Pa hpcarm/
788StrongARM based WinCE PDA machines.
789.It Pa hpcmips/
790MIPS based WinCE PDA machines.
791.It Pa hpcsh/
792Hitachi SH3/4 based WinCE PDA machines.
793.It Pa hppa/
794HPPA processor general support.
795.It Pa i386/
79632-bit 80x86-based IBM PCs and clones.
797.It Pa ibmnws/
798IBM Network Station 1000.
799.It Pa iyonix/
800Castle Technology's Iyonix ARM based PCs.
801.It Pa luna68k/
802Omron Tateishi Electric's 680x0-based LUNA workstations.
803.It Pa m68k/
804680x0 processor general support.
805.It Pa mac68k/
806Apple Macintosh with 68k CPU.
807.It Pa macppc/
808Apple Power Macintosh and clones.
809.It Pa mips/
810MIPS processor general support.
811.It Pa mipsco/
812MIPS Computer Systems Inc. family of workstations and servers.
813.It Pa mmeye/
814Brains Inc. SH3 based mmEye multimedia server.
815.It Pa mvme68k/
816Motorola MVME 680x0-based SBCs.
817.It Pa mvmeppc/
818Motorola PowerPC VME SBCs.
819.It Pa netwinder/
820StrongARM based NetWinder machines.
821.It Pa news68k/
822Sony's 680x0-based NEWS workstations.
823.It Pa newsmips/
824Sony's MIPS-based NEWS workstations.
825.It Pa next68k/
826NeXT 68k "black" hardware.
827.It Pa ofppc/
828Open Firmware PowerPC workstations.
829.It Pa playstation2/
830SONY PlayStation 2.
831.It Pa pmax/
832Digital MIPS-based DECstations and DECsystems.
833.It Pa powerpc/
834PowerPC processor general support.
835.It Pa prep/
836PReP (PowerPC Reference Platform) and CHRP (Common Hardware Reference
837Platform) machines.
838.It Pa sandpoint/
839Motorola Sandpoint reference platform.
840.It Pa sbmips/
841Broadcom/SiByte evaluation boards.
842.It Pa sgimips/
843Silicon Graphics' MIPS-based workstations.
844.It Pa sh3/
845SH3/SH4 processor general support.
846.It Pa shark/
847Digital DNARD ("Shark").
848.It Pa sparc/
849Sun Microsystems SPARC (32-bit) and UltraSPARC (in 32-bit mode).
850.It Pa sparc64/
851Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC (in native 64-bit mode).
852.It Pa sun2/
853Sun Microsystems 68010-based Sun 2 architecture.
854.It Pa sun3/
855Sun Microsystems 68020/68030-based Sun 3/3x architecture.
856.It Pa sun68k/
857680x0-based Sun architecture general support.
858.It Pa vax/
859Digital VAX.
860.It Pa x68k/
861Sharp X680x0 680x0-based workstations.
862.It Pa x86/
863General support for PC/AT compatibles with ia32 or x86_64 CPUs.
864.It Pa xen/
865The Xen virtual machine monitor.
866.It Pa zaurus/
867Sharp C3x00 Arm based PDA.
868.El
869.Pp
870.It Pa compat/
871Kernel compatibility modules directory.
872.Pp
873.Bl -tag -width "ossaudio/" -compact
874.It Pa common/
875Common compatibility routines, old
876.Bx 4
877and
878.Nx
879routines.
880.It Pa freebsd/
881Support for
882.Fx
883binaries; see
884.Xr compat_freebsd 8 .
885.It Pa hpux/
886Support for 68000 HP-UX binaries.
887.It Pa linux/
888Support for Linux binaries; see
889.Xr compat_linux 8 .
890.It Pa m68k4k/
891Support for 4KB page 68000 binaries.
892.It Pa netbsd32/
893Support for
894.Nx
89532-bit binaries on 64 bit platforms with compatible CPU families.
896.It Pa ossaudio/
897Support for OSS audio.
898.It Pa sunos/
899Support for SunOS 4.x binaries; see
900.Xr compat_sunos 8 .
901.It Pa ultrix/
902Support for ULTRIX binaries.
903.It Pa vax1k/
904Support for older VAX binaries that started on a 1 KB boundary.
905.El
906.Pp
907.It Pa conf/
908Architecture independent configuration directory.
909.It Pa crypto/
910Cryptographic kernel source, which may have import or export restrictions.
911.It Pa ddb/
912In-kernel debugger.
913.It Pa dev/
914Architecture independent device support.
915.It Pa fs/
916File systems.
917See also
918.Pa ufs/
919and
920.Pa miscfs/ .
921.Bl -tag -width "filecorefs/" -compact
922.It Pa adosfs/
923AmigaDOS file-system support; see
924.Xr mount_ados 8 .
925.It Pa cd9660/
926Support for the ISO-9660 file system; see
927.Xr mount_cd9660 8 .
928.It Pa filecorefs/
929Support for the Acorn RISC OS filecore file system; see
930.Xr mount_filecore 8 .
931.It Pa msdosfs/
932MS-DOS file system; see
933.Xr mount_msdos 8 .
934.It Pa ntfs/
935NTFS file system support; see
936.Xr mount_ntfs 8 .
937.It Pa ptyfs/
938Pseudo-terminal device file system; see
939.Xr mount_ptyfs 8 .
940.It Pa smbfs/
941SMB/CIFS file system support; see
942.Xr mount_smbfs 8 .
943.It Pa union/
944Union file system; see
945.Xr mount_union 8 .
946.El
947.It Pa gdbscripts/
948Support for accessing kernel structures from within the debugger
949.Xr gdb 1 .
950.Pp
951.It Pa kern/
952Primary kernel source code.
953.It Pa lib/
954Libraries supporting the kernel.
955.Pp
956.Bl -tag -width "libkern/" -compact
957.It Pa libkern/
958C library routines used in the kernel.
959.It Pa libsa/
960Machine-independent standalone library, used by boot loaders.
961.It Pa libz/
962Compression library.
963.El
964.Pp
965.It Pa miscfs/
966More file systems.
967.Pp
968.Bl -tag -width "deadfs/" -compact
969.It Pa deadfs/
970Kernel only dead file system.
971.It Pa fdesc/
972File descriptor file system; see
973.Xr mount_fdesc 8 .
974.It Pa fifofs/
975POSIX FIFO (named pipe) support.
976.It Pa genfs/
977Generic file system code that supports other file systems.
978.It Pa kernfs/
979Kernel namespace file system; see
980.Xr mount_kernfs 8 .
981.It Pa nullfs/
982Loop back file system; see
983.Xr mount_null 8 .
984.It Pa overlay/
985Overlay file system; see
986.Xr mount_overlay 8 .
987.It Pa procfs/
988Process file system; see
989.Xr mount_procfs 8 .
990.It Pa specfs/
991Support for block and character special files.
992.It Pa syncfs/
993Kernel trickle sync algorithm.
994.It Pa umapfs/
995User and group re-mapping file system; see
996.Xr mount_umap 8 .
997.El
998.Pp
999.It Pa net/
1000Miscellaneous networking support.
1001.It Pa netatalk/
1002AppleTalk networking support.
1003.It Pa netinet/
1004IP networking support.
1005.It Pa netinet6/
1006IPv6 networking support.
1007.It Pa netipsec/
1008Key database for IPsec networking support.
1009.It Pa nfs/
1010NFS (network file system) support, both client and server.
1011.It Pa stand/
1012Kernel standalone support.
1013.It Pa sys/
1014Kernel (and system) include files.
1015.It Pa ufs/
1016Still more file systems.
1017.Pp
1018.Bl -tag -width "ffs/" -compact
1019.It Pa chfs/
1020A FFS-based file system for use on raw flash.
1021.It Pa ext2fs/
1022The Linux ext2 file system.
1023.It Pa ffs/
1024The Berkeley Fast File System.
1025.It Pa lfs/
1026The Berkeley log-structured file system.
1027.It Pa mfs/
1028The in-memory file system.
1029.It Pa ufs/
1030Shared
1031.Ux
1032file system support.
1033.El
1034.It Pa uvm/
1035UVM virtual memory system.
1036.El
1037.It Pa tests/
1038Source for test programs in
1039.Pa /usr/tests .
1040.It Pa usr.bin/
1041Source for utilities/files in
1042.Pa /usr/bin .
1043.It Pa usr.sbin/
1044Source for utilities/files in
1045.Pa /usr/sbin .
1046.El
1047.It Pa /var/
1048Multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files.
1049.Pp
1050.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
1051.It Pa account/
1052System accounting files.
1053.Pp
1054.Bl -tag -width "acct" -compact
1055.It Pa acct
1056Execution accounting file;
1057see
1058.Xr acct 5 .
1059.El
1060.Pp
1061.It Pa at/
1062Timed command scheduling files;
1063see
1064.Xr at 1 .
1065.It Pa backups/
1066Miscellaneous backup files, largely of files found in
1067.Pa /etc .
1068.It Pa chroot/
1069Home directories of applications which are run in a
1070.Xr chroot 8
1071.Dq cage .
1072.It Pa crash/
1073System (kernel) crash dumps; see
1074.Xr savecore 8 .
1075.It Pa cron/
1076Scheduled commands configuration files; see
1077.Xr cron 8
1078and
1079.Xr crontab 5 .
1080.It Pa db/
1081Miscellaneous automatically generated system-specific database files,
1082and persistent files used in the maintenance of third party software.
1083.Pp
1084.Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
1085.It Pa pkg
1086Default location for metadata related to third party software
1087packages.
1088See
1089.Xr pkg_add 1
1090for more details of the
1091.Nx
1092Packages Collection, or pkgsrc.
1093.El
1094.Pp
1095.It Pa games/
1096Miscellaneous game status, log, and high score files.
1097.It Pa heimdal/
1098Kerberos 5 KDC database; see
1099.Xr kdc 8 .
1100.It Pa log/
1101Miscellaneous system log files.
1102.Pp
1103.Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
1104.It Pa amd.*
1105.Xr amd 8
1106logs.
1107.It Pa daily.out
1108Output of the last run of the
1109.Pa /etc/daily
1110script.
1111.It Pa ftp.*
1112.Xr ftp 1
1113logs.
1114.It Pa kerberos.*
1115.Xr kerberos 8
1116logs.
1117.It Pa lastlog
1118System last-time-logged-in database; see
1119.Xr utmp 5 .
1120.It Pa lpd-errs.*
1121Printer daemon error logs; see
1122.Xr lpd 8 .
1123.It Pa maillog.*
1124.Xr sendmail 1
1125and
1126.Xr postfix 1
1127(and other mail-related)
1128log files.
1129.It Pa messages.*
1130General system information log.
1131.It Pa monthly.out
1132Output of the last run of the
1133.Pa /etc/monthly
1134script.
1135.It Pa secure
1136Sensitive security information log.
1137.It Pa sendmail.st
1138.Xr sendmail 1
1139statistics.
1140.It Pa timed.*
1141.Xr timed 8
1142logs.
1143.It Pa weekly.out
1144Output of the last run of the
1145.Pa /etc/weekly
1146script.
1147.It Pa wtmp
1148Login and logout log;
1149see
1150.Xr utmp 5 .
1151.It Pa wtmpx
1152Another login and logout log; see
1153.Xr utmpx 5 .
1154.El
1155.Pp
1156.It Pa mail/
1157User e-mail inboxes.
1158.It Pa msgs/
1159System messages; see
1160.Xr msgs 1 .
1161.\" since we use nvi (now called vi) this isn't the place any more, is it?
1162.It Pa preserve/
1163Temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of
1164.Xr ex 1
1165or
1166.Xr vi 1 .
1167.It Pa quotas/
1168File system quota information.
1169(Legacy.)
1170.It Pa run/
1171System information files, rebuilt after each reboot.
1172.Pp
1173.Bl -tag -width "utmp" -compact
1174.It Pa dmesg.boot
1175A dump from
1176.Xr dmesg 8
1177taken at boot time.
1178.It Pa utmp
1179Database of currently logged in users; see
1180.Xr utmp 5 .
1181.It Pa utmpx
1182Another database of currently logged in users; see
1183.Xr utmpx 5 .
1184.El
1185.Pp
1186.It Pa rwho/
1187Rwho data files; see
1188.Xr rwhod 8 ,
1189.Xr rwho 1 ,
1190and
1191.Xr ruptime 1 .
1192.It Pa spool/
1193Miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories.
1194.Pp
1195.Bl -tag -width "postfix/" -compact
1196.It Pa ftp/
1197Commonly
1198.Dq ~ftp ,
1199the anonymous ftp root directory; see
1200.Xr ftpd 8 .
1201.It Pa mqueue/
1202Sendmail mail queue;
1203see
1204.Xr sendmail 1 .
1205.It Pa news/
1206Network news archival and spooling directories.
1207.It Pa output/
1208Printer spooling directories.
1209.It Pa postfix/
1210Postfix mail queue;
1211see
1212.Xr postfix 1 .
1213.El
1214.Pp
1215.It Pa tmp/
1216Temporary files that are not discarded between system reboots.
1217.Pp
1218.Bl -tag -width "vi.recover/" -compact
1219.It Pa vi.recover/
1220Recovery directory for new (current)
1221.Xr vi 1 .
1222.El
1223.Pp
1224.It Pa yp/
1225Databases and configuration for the NIS (YP) system; see
1226.Xr nis 8 .
1227.El
1228.El
1229.Sh SEE ALSO
1230.Xr apropos 1 ,
1231.Xr ls 1 ,
1232.Xr whatis 1 ,
1233.Xr whereis 1 ,
1234.Xr which 1 ,
1235.Xr paths 3
1236.Sh HISTORY
1237A
1238.Nm
1239manual page appeared in
1240.At v7 .
1241