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32.Dd December 5, 2009
33.Dt HIER 7
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm hier
37.Nd layout of filesystems
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39An outline of the filesystem 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.Pp
51.Bl -tag -width "/altroot/"
52.It Sy \&/
53root directory of the system
54.It Sy /COPYRIGHT
55system copyright notice, most often put on
56.Tn CD-ROM
57distributions.
58.It Sy "/[a-z]/"
59user filesystems
60.It Sy /altroot/
61alternate root filesystem, in case of disaster
62.\" .It Sy /amd/
63.\" home directories mount point; see
64.\" .Xr amd 8
65.It Sy /bin/
66utilities used in both single and multi-user environments
67.It Sy /boot*
68second-stage boot loader(s) for some platforms; see
69.Xr installboot 8
70.It Sy /cdrom/
71empty directory commonly used by
72system administrators as a temporary mount point for CD devices
73for ISO-9660 file systems
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 drum
85system swap space; see
86.Xr drum 4
87.It Sy fd/
88file descriptor files;
89see
90.Xr fd 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 null
105the null device; see
106.Xr null 4
107.It Sy pts/
108mount point for the pseudo-terminal device file system; see
109.Xr mount_ptyfs 8
110.It Sy stderr
111.It Sy stdin
112.It Sy stdout
113file descriptor files;
114see
115.Xr fd 4
116.It Sy tty
117process' controlling terminal device; see
118.Xr tty 4
119.It Sy zero
120the zero device; see
121.Xr zero 4
122.El
123.\" .It Sy /dump/
124.\" online
125.\" .Xr dump 8
126.\" repository
127.It Sy /etc/
128system configuration files and scripts
129.Pp
130.Bl -tag -width "master.passwd" -compact
131.It Sy amd*
132configuration files for
133.Xr amd 8
134.It Sy changelist
135files backed up by the security script
136.It Sy crontab
137schedule used by the
138.Xr cron 8
139daemon
140.It Sy csh.cshrc
141.It Sy csh.login
142.It Sy csh.logout
143system-wide scripts for
144.Xr csh 1
145.It Sy daily
146script run each day by
147.Xr cron 8
148.It Sy daily.conf
149configuration file for
150.Sy daily ;
151see
152.Xr daily.conf 5
153.It Sy defaults/
154default configuration files read by various
155.Pa /etc/*.conf
156files
157.It Sy disktab
158disk description file, see
159.Xr disktab 5
160.It Sy dm.conf
161dungeon master configuration; see
162.Xr dm.conf 5
163.It Sy dumpdates
164dump history; see
165.Xr dump 8
166.It Sy exports
167filesystem export information; see
168.Xr mountd 8
169.It Sy fstab
170filesystem information; see
171.Xr fstab 5
172and
173.Xr mount 8
174.It Sy ftpusers
175users denied
176.Xr ftp 1
177access; see
178.Xr ftpd 8
179.It Sy ftpwelcome
180.Xr ftp 1
181initial message; see
182.Xr ftpd 8
183.It Sy gettytab
184terminal configuration database; see
185.Xr gettytab 5
186.It Sy group
187group permissions file; see
188.Xr group 5
189.It Sy hosts
190host name database backup for
191.Xr named 8 ;
192see
193.Xr hosts 5
194.It Sy hosts.equiv
195trusted machines with equivalent user ID's
196.It Sy hosts.lpd
197trusted machines with printing privileges
198.It Sy inetd.conf
199Internet server configuration file; see
200.Xr inetd 8
201.It Sy kerberosV/
202configuration files for the kerberos version V;
203see
204.Xr kerberos 8
205.It Sy localtime
206local timezone information;
207see
208.Xr ctime 3
209.It Sy mail/
210configuration files for
211.Xr sendmail 8
212.Pp
213.Bl -tag -width "sendmail.*" -compact
214.It Sy aliases*
215name alias files
216.It Sy sendmail.*
217.Xr sendmail 8
218configuration information
219.El
220.It Sy mail.rc
221system-wide initialization script for
222.Xr mail 1
223.It Sy man.conf
224configuration file for
225.Xr man 1 ;
226see
227.Xr man.conf 5
228.It Sy master.passwd
229Main password file, readable only by root; see
230.Xr passwd 5
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 passwd
263World readable password file generated from master.passwd; see
264.Xr passwd 5 ,
265.Xr pwd_mkdb 8
266.It Sy phones
267remote host phone number data base; see
268.Xr phones 5
269.It Sy printcap
270system printer configuration; see
271.Xr printcap 5
272.It Sy protocols
273protocol name database; see
274.Xr protocols 5
275.It Sy pwd.db
276database form of passwd file; see
277.Xr pwd_mkdb 8
278.It Sy rc
279master system startup script invoked by
280.Xr init 8 ;
281see
282.Xr rc 8
283.It Sy rc.conf
284configuration file for system startup and shutdown scripts; see
285.Xr rc.conf 5
286.It Sy rc.d/
287directory containing per-subsystem startup and shutdown scripts; see
288.Xr rc 8
289.It Sy rc.local
290locally editable system startup script
291.It Sy rc.shutdown
292master system shutdown script invoked by
293.Xr shutdown 8 ;
294see
295.Xr rc 8
296.It Sy remote
297remote host description file; see
298.Xr remote 5
299.It Sy security
300daily (in)security script run by
301.Xr cron 8
302.It Sy security.conf
303configuration file for
304.Sy security ;
305see
306.Xr security.conf 5
307.It Sy services
308service name data base; see
309.Xr services 5
310.It Sy shells
311list of permitted shells; see
312.Xr shells 5
313.It Sy sliphome/
314.Tn SLIP
315login/logout scripts; see
316.Xr sliplogin 8
317.It Sy spwd.db
318database form of master.passwd file; see
319.Xr pwd_mkdb 8
320.It Sy syslog.conf
321.Xr syslogd 8
322configuration file; see
323.Xr syslog.conf 5
324.It Sy termcap
325terminal type database; see
326.Xr termcap 3
327.It Sy ttys
328terminal initialization information; see
329.Xr ttys 5
330.It Sy uucp/
331UUCP configuration files; see
332.Xr uucp 1
333and
334.Xr uucico 8 .
335.It Sy weekly
336script run each week by
337.Xr cron 8
338.It Sy weekly.conf
339configuration file for
340.Sy weekly ;
341see
342.Xr weekly.conf 5
343.El
344.It Sy /home/
345mount point for the automounter; see
346.Xr amd 8
347.It Sy /kern/
348mount point for the kern file system; see
349.Xr mount_kernfs 8
350.It Sy /lib/
351dynamic linked libraries used by dynamic linked programs
352(such as those in
353.Pa /bin/
354and
355.Pa /sbin/ )
356that cannot rely upon
357.Pa /usr/lib/
358being available.
359.It Sy /libexec/
360system utilities (such as the dynamic linker) required by programs
361and libraries that cannot rely upon
362.Pa /usr/libexec/
363being available.
364.It Sy /mnt/
365empty directory commonly used by
366system administrators as a temporary mount point
367.It Sy /netbsd
368pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory
369at boot time).
370.It Sy /proc/
371mount point for the process file system; see
372.Xr mount_procfs 8
373.It Sy /rescue/
374statically linked rescue tools, for use in system recovery
375.It Sy /root/
376home directory for the super-user
377.Pp
378.Bl -tag -width ".profile" -compact
379.It Sy \&.cshrc
380super-user start-up file
381.It Sy \&.login
382super-user start-up file
383.It Sy \&.profile
384super-user start-up file
385.It Sy \&.rhosts
386super-user id mapping between machines
387.El
388.It Sy /sbin/
389system programs and administration utilities
390used in both single-user and multi-user environments
391.It Sy /stand/
392programs used in a standalone environment
393.It Sy /tmp/
394temporary files, usually a
395.Xr mfs 8
396memory-based filesystem (the contents of
397.Pa /tmp
398are usually
399.Em not
400preserved across a system reboot)
401.It Sy /usr/
402contains the majority of the system utilities and files
403.Pp
404.Bl -tag -width "libdata/" -compact
405.It Sy X11R6/
406X11 files
407.It Sy X11R7/
408X11 files
409.Pp
410.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
411.It Sy bin/
412X11 binaries
413.It Sy include/
414X11 include files
415.It Sy lib/
416X11 libraries
417.El
418.Pp
419.It Sy bin/
420common utilities, programming tools, and applications
421.It Sy games/
422the important stuff
423.It Sy include/
424standard C include files
425.Pp
426.Bl -tag -width "protocols/" -compact
427.It Sy arpa/
428include files for Internet service protocols
429.It Sy atf/
430include files for the Automated Testing Framework; see
431.Xr atf 1
432.It Sy g++/
433include files for the C++ compiler
434.It Sy machine/
435machine specific include files
436.It Sy net/
437.It Sy netatalk/
438C include files for AppleTalk protocols
439miscellaneous network include files;
440see
441.Xr atalk 4
442.It Sy netinet/
443include files for Internet standard protocols; see
444.Xr inet 4
445.It Sy netinet6/
446include files for Internet protocol version 6; see
447.Xr inet6 4
448.It Sy netiso/
449include files for ISO standard protocols; see
450.Xr iso 4
451.It Sy netkey/
452include files for secret key management, used for security protocols; see
453.Xr ipsec 4
454.It Sy netnatm/
455C include files for native mode ATM
456.It Sy nfs/
457C include files for NFS (Network File System)
458.It Sy protocols/
459C include files for Berkeley service protocols
460.It Sy sys/
461system C include files (kernel data structures)
462.It Sy ufs/
463C include files for UFS (The U-word File System)
464.El
465.Pp
466.It Sy lib/
467archive, profiled, position independent archive, and shared libraries
468.It Sy libdata/
469miscellaneous utility data files
470.It Sy libexec/
471system daemons \*[Am] system utilities (executed by other programs)
472.Pp
473.Bl -tag -width "uucp/" -compact
474.It Sy uucp/
475UUCP binaries and scripts (historically placed; to be moved)
476.El
477.Pp
478.It Sy mdec/
479boot blocks, etc.
480.It Sy obj/
481architecture-specific target tree produced by building the
482.Pa /usr/src
483tree; normally a symbolic link or mounted filesystem
484.It Sy pkg/
485packages maintained by groups other than the
486.Nx
487Project.
488.Pp
489.Bl -tag -width "include/" -compact
490.It Sy bin/
491contributed binaries
492.It Sy include/
493contributed include files
494.It Sy lib/
495contributed libraries
496.It Sy libdata/
497contributed data files
498.It Sy libexec/
499contributed daemons
500.It Sy sbin/
501contributed system utilities
502.El
503.Pp
504.It Sy pkgsrc/
505build descriptions ("packages") for the
506.Nx
507packages system.
508.Pp
509.Bl -tag -width "distfilesX" -compact
510.It Sy distfiles/
511Where unchanged source archives are fetched to/stored
512.It Sy packages/
513Where compiled binary packages are stored
514.El
515.Pp
516There are also several other subdirectories which contain packages of
517a certain category, e.g., archivers, graphics, ...
518.Pp
519.It Sy sbin/
520system daemons and system utilities (normally executed by the super-user)
521.It Sy share/
522architecture-independent text files
523.Pp
524.Bl -tag -width "calendar/" -compact
525.It Sy calendar/
526a variety of calendar files; see
527.Xr calendar 1
528.It Sy dict/
529word lists;
530see
531.Xr look 1
532and
533.Xr spell 1
534.Pp
535.Bl -tag -width "special/" -compact
536.It Sy words
537common words
538.It Sy web2
539words of Webster's 2nd International
540.It Sy papers/
541reference databases;
542see
543.Xr refer 1
544.It Sy special/
545custom word lists;
546see
547.Xr spell 1
548.El
549.Pp
550.It Sy doc/
551miscellaneous documentation; source for most of the printed
552.Bx 4.3
553manuals (available
554from the
555.Tn USENIX
556association)
557.It Sy games/
558text files used by various games
559.It Sy i18n/
560internationalization databases; see
561.Xr iconv 3
562.It Sy locale/
563locale databases and gettext message catalogs; see
564.Xr setlocale 3
565and
566.Xr gettext 3
567.It Sy man/
568formatted manual pages
569.It Sy me/
570macros for use with the
571.Xr me 7
572macro package
573.It Sy misc/
574miscellaneous system-wide text files
575.Pp
576.Bl -tag -width "termcap" -compact
577.It Sy termcap
578terminal characteristics database;
579see
580.Xr termcap 5
581.El
582.Pp
583.It Sy mk/
584include files for
585.Xr make 1
586.It Sy ms/
587macros for use with the
588.Xr ms 7
589macro package
590.It Sy nls/
591message catalogs; see
592.Xr catgets 3
593.It Sy skel/
594sample initialization files for new user accounts
595.It Sy tabset/
596tab description files for a variety of terminals, used in
597the termcap file;
598see
599.Xr termcap 5
600.It Sy tmac/
601text processing macros;
602see
603.Xr nroff 1
604and
605.Xr troff 1
606.It Sy zoneinfo/
607timezone configuration information;
608see
609.Xr tzfile 5
610.El
611.It Sy tests/
612test programs; see
613.Xr atf-run 1
614for information on how to run them
615.El
616.Pp
617.It Sy /usr/src/
618.Nx
619and local source files
620.Pp
621.Bl -tag -width "domestic/" -compact
622.It Sy bin/
623source for utilities/files in
624.Pa /bin
625.It Sy common/
626sources shared between kernel and userland
627.It Sy crypto/
628cryptographic source, which may have import or export restrictions
629.It Sy dist/
630third-party
631.Sq virgin
632source code, referenced by other parts of the source tree
633.It Sy distrib/
634tools and data-files for making distributions
635.It Sy doc/
636documentation about the source tree (i.e., about the tree, not about
637how to use the built software.)
638.It Sy etc/
639source (usually example files) for files in
640.Pa /etc
641.It Sy external/
642source for programs from external third parties
643(where
644.Nx
645is the not the primary maintainer),
646grouped by license, and then products per license
647.Pp
648.Bl -tag -width "bsd/" -compact
649.It Sy bsd/
650BSD (or equivalent) licensed software,
651possibly with the
652.Dq advertising clause
653.El
654.Pp
655.It Sy games/
656source for utilities/files in
657.Pa /usr/games
658.It Sy gnu/
659source for programs covered by the
660.Tn GNU
661license (or similar)
662.It Sy include/
663source for files in
664.Pa /usr/include
665.It Sy lib/
666source for libraries in
667.Pa /usr/lib
668.It Sy libexec/
669source for utilities/files in
670.Pa /usr/libexec
671.It Sy regress/
672various regression tests
673.It Sy rescue/
674source/makefiles for /rescue
675.It Sy sbin/
676source for utilities/files in
677.Pa /sbin
678.It Sy share/
679source for files in
680.Pa /usr/share
681.Pp
682.Bl -tag -width "doc/" -compact
683.It Sy doc/
684.Pp
685.Bl -tag -width "papers/" -compact
686.It Sy papers/
687source for various Berkeley technical papers
688.It Sy psd/
689source for Programmer's Supplementary Documents
690.It Sy smm/
691source for System Manager's Manual
692.It Sy usd/
693source for User's Supplementary Documents
694.Pp
695.El
696.El
697.It Sy sys/
698kernel source files
699.Pp
700.Bl -tag -width "gdbscripts/" -compact
701.It Sy arch/
702architecture-specific support
703.Pp
704.Bl -tag -width "ews4800mips/" -compact
705.It Sy acorn26/
706Acorn Archimedes, A-series and R-series systems
707.It Sy acorn32/
708Acorn RiscPC/A7000 and VLSI RC7500
709.It Sy algor/
710Algorithmics Ltd. MIPS evaluations boards
711.It Sy alpha/
712Digital/Compaq Alpha
713.It Sy amd64/
714Computers with x86_64 capable CPUs
715.It Sy amiga/
716Commodore Amiga and MacroSystem DraCo
717.It Sy amigappc/
718PowerPC based Amiga boards
719.It Sy arc/
720MIPS-based machines following the Advanced RISC Computing spec
721.It Sy arm/
722ARM processor general support
723.It Sy atari/
724Atari TT030, Falcon and Hades
725.It Sy bebox/
726Be Inc. BeBox
727.It Sy cats/
728Chalice Technology's CATS and Intel's EBSA-285 evaluation boards
729.It Sy cesfic/
730CES FIC8234 VME processor board
731.It Sy cobalt/
732Cobalt Networks' MIPS-based Microserver
733.It Sy dreamcast/
734Sega Dreamcast game console
735.It Sy evbarm/
736ARM based evaluation boards
737.It Sy evbmips/
738MIPS based evaluation boards
739.It Sy evbppc/
740PowerPC based evaluation boards and appliances
741.It Sy evbsh3/
742SH3/SH4 based evaluation boards
743.It Sy ews4800mips/
744NEC's MIPS based EWS4800 workstations
745.It Sy hp300/
746Hewlett-Packard 9000/300 and 400 680x0-based workstations
747.It Sy hp700/
748Hewlett-Packard 9000/700 HPPA based workstations
749.It Sy hpcarm/
750StrongARM based WinCE PDA machines
751.It Sy hpcmips/
752MIPS based WinCE PDA machines
753.It Sy hpcsh/
754Hitachi SH3/4 based WinCE PDA machines
755.It Sy hppa/
756HPPA processor general support
757.It Sy i386/
75880x86-based IBM PCs and clones
759.It Sy ibmnws/
760IBM Network Station 1000
761.It Sy iyonix/
762Castle Technology's Iyonix ARM based PCs
763.It Sy luna68k/
764Omron Tateishi Electric's 680x0-based LUNA workstations
765.It Sy m68k/
766680x0 processor general support
767.It Sy mac68k/
768Apple Macintosh with 68k CPU
769.It Sy macppc/
770Apple Power Macintosh and clones
771.It Sy mips/
772MIPS processor general support
773.It Sy mipsco/
774MIPS Computer Systems Inc. family of workstations and servers
775.It Sy mmeye/
776Brains Inc. SH3 based mmEye multimedia server
777.It Sy mvme68k/
778Motorola MVME 680x0-based SBCs
779.It Sy mvmeppc/
780Motorola PowerPC VME SBCs
781.It Sy netwinder/
782StrongARM based NetWinder machines
783.It Sy news68k/
784Sony's 680x0-based NEWS workstations
785.It Sy newsmips/
786Sony's MIPS-based NEWS workstations
787.It Sy next68k/
788NeXT 68k "black" hardware
789.It Sy ofppc/
790Open Firmware PowerPC workstations
791.It Sy pmax/
792Digital MIPS-based DECstations and DECsystems
793.It Sy powerpc/
794PowerPC processor support
795.It Sy prep/
796PReP (PowerPC Reference Platform) and CHRP machines
797.It Sy sandpoint/
798Motorola Sandpoint reference platform
799.It Sy sbmips/
800Broadcom/SiByte evaluation boards
801.It Sy sgimips/
802Silicon Graphics' MIPS-based workstations
803.It Sy sh3/
804SH3/SH4 processor general support
805.It Sy shark/
806Digital DNARD ("Shark")
807.It Sy sparc/
808Sun Microsystems SPARC (32-bit) and UltraSPARC (in 32-bit mode)
809.It Sy sparc64/
810Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC (in native 64-bit mode)
811.It Sy sun2/
812Sun Microsystems 68010-based Sun 2 architecture
813.It Sy sun3/
814Sun Microsystems 68020/68030-based Sun 3/3x architecture
815.It Sy sun68k/
816680x0-based Sun architecture general support
817.It Sy vax/
818Digital VAX
819.It Sy x68k/
820Sharp X680x0 680x0-based workstations
821.It Sy x86/
822General support for PC/AT compatibles with ia32 or x86_64 CPUs
823.It Sy xen/
824The Xen virtual machine monitor
825.It Sy zaurus/
826Sharp C3x00 Arm based PDA
827.El
828.Pp
829.It Sy compat/
830kernel compatibility modules directory
831.Pp
832.Bl -tag -width "ossaudio/" -compact
833.It Sy common/
834common compatibility routines, old
835.Bx 4
836and
837.Nx
838routines.
839.It Sy freebsd/
840support for
841.Fx
842binaries; see
843.Xr compat_freebsd 8
844.It Sy hpux/
845support for 68000 HP-UX binaries
846.It Sy ibcs2/
847support for Intel Binary binaries
848.It Sy linux/
849support for Linux binaries; see
850.Xr compat_linux 8
851.It Sy m68k4k/
852support for 4KB page 68000 binaries
853.It Sy netbsd32/
854support for
855.Nx
85632-bit binaries on 64 bit platforms with compatible CPU families
857.It Sy osf1/
858support for
859.Tn Digital
860.Ux
861.Po
862formerly
863.Tn OSF/1
864.Pc
865binaries
866.It Sy ossaudio/
867support for OSS audio
868.It Sy pecoff/
869support for
870.Tn Win32
871binaries; see
872.Xr compat_pecoff 8
873.It Sy sunos/
874support for
875.Tn SunOS 4.x
876binaries; see
877.Xr compat_sunos 8
878.It Sy svr4/
879support for System V Release 4 binaries; see
880.Xr compat_svr4 8
881.It Sy ultrix/
882support for
883.Tn ULTRIX
884binaries
885.It Sy vax1k/
886support for older VAX binaries that started on a 1 KB boundary
887.El
888.Pp
889.It Sy conf/
890architecture independent configuration directory
891.It Sy crypto/
892cryptographic kernel source, which may have import or export restrictions
893.It Sy ddb/
894in kernel debugger
895.It Sy dev/
896architecture independent device support
897.It Sy fs/
898miscellaneous file systems
899.Bl -tag -width "filecorefs/" -compact
900.It Sy adosfs/
901AmigaDOS file-system support; see
902.Xr mount_ados 8
903.It Sy cd9660/
904support for the ISO-9660 filesystem; see
905.Xr mount_cd9660 8
906.It Sy filecorefs/
907support for the Acorn RISC OS filecore filesystem; see
908.Xr mount_filecore 8
909.It Sy msdosfs/
910.Tn MS-DOS
911file system; see
912.Xr mount_msdos 8
913.It Sy ntfs/
914NTFS filesystem support; see
915.Xr mount_ntfs 8
916.It Sy ptyfs/
917pseudo-terminal device filesystem; see
918.Xr mount_ptyfs 8
919.It Sy smbfs/
920SMB/CIFS filesystem support; see
921.Xr mount_smbfs 8
922.It Sy union/
923union file system; see
924.Xr mount_union 8
925.El
926.It Sy gdbscripts/
927support for accessing kernel structures from within the debugger
928.Xr gdb 1 .
929.It Sy ipkdb/
930support for kernel debugging over the network
931.Pp
932.It Sy kern/
933support for the high kernel (system calls)
934.It Sy lib/
935kernel libraries
936.Pp
937.Bl -tag -width "libkern/" -compact
938.It Sy libkern/
939C library routines used in the kernel
940.It Sy libsa/
941machine independent stand alone kernel library
942.It Sy libz/
943compression library
944.El
945.Pp
946.It Sy miscfs/
947miscellaneous file systems
948.Pp
949.Bl -tag -width "deadfs/" -compact
950.It Sy deadfs/
951kernel only dead file system
952.It Sy fdesc/
953file descriptor file system; see
954.Xr mount_fdesc 8
955.It Sy fifofs/
956POSIX FIFO support
957.It Sy genfs/
958kernel only generic file system
959.It Sy kernfs/
960kernel namespace file system; see
961.Xr mount_kernfs 8
962.It Sy nullfs/
963loop back file system; see
964.Xr mount_null 8
965.It Sy overlay/
966overlay file system; see
967.Xr mount_overlay 8
968.It Sy procfs/
969process file system; see
970.Xr mount_procfs 8
971.It Sy specfs/
972kernel only special file system
973.It Sy syncfs/
974kernel trickle sync algorithm
975.It Sy umapfs/
976user and group re-mapping file system; see
977.Xr mount_umap 8
978.El
979.Pp
980.It Sy net/
981miscellaneous networking support
982.It Sy netatalk/
983AppleTalk networking support
984.It Sy netinet/
985IP networking support
986.It Sy netinet6/
987IPv6 networking support
988.It Sy netiso/
989ISO networking support
990.It Sy netkey/
991Key database for IPsec networking support
992.It Sy netnatm/
993ATM networking support
994.It Sy nfs/
995NFS support
996.It Sy stand/
997kernel standalone support
998.It Sy sys/
999kernel (and system) include files
1000.It Sy ufs/
1001local filesystem support
1002.Pp
1003.Bl -tag -width "ffs/" -compact
1004.It Sy ffs/
1005the Berkeley Fast File System
1006.It Sy lfs/
1007the log-structured file system
1008.It Sy mfs/
1009the in-memory file system
1010.It Sy ufs/
1011shared
1012.Ux
1013file system support
1014.El
1015.It Sy uvm/
1016UVM virtual memory system
1017.El
1018.It Sy tests/
1019source for test programs in
1020.Pa /usr/tests
1021.It Sy usr.bin/
1022source for utilities/files in
1023.Pa /usr/bin
1024.It Sy usr.sbin/
1025source for utilities/files in
1026.Pa /usr/sbin
1027.El
1028.It Sy /var/
1029multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
1030.Pp
1031.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
1032.It Sy account/
1033system accounting files
1034.Pp
1035.Bl -tag -width "acct" -compact
1036.It Sy acct
1037execution accounting file;
1038see
1039.Xr acct 5
1040.El
1041.Pp
1042.It Sy at/
1043timed command scheduling files;
1044see
1045.Xr at 1
1046.It Sy backups/
1047miscellaneous backup files, largely of files found in
1048.Pa /etc
1049.It Sy chroot/
1050home directories of applications which are run in a
1051.Xr chroot 8
1052.Dq cage .
1053.It Sy crash/
1054system crash dumps; see
1055.Xr savecore 8
1056.It Sy cron/
1057scheduled commands configuration files; see
1058.Xr cron 8
1059.It Sy db/
1060miscellaneous automatically generated system-specific database files,
1061and persistent files used in the maintenance of third party software.
1062.Pp
1063.Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
1064.It Sy pkg
1065default location for metadata related to third party software
1066packages.
1067See
1068.Xr pkg_add 1
1069for more details of the
1070.Nx
1071Packages Collection, or pkgsrc.
1072.El
1073.Pp
1074.It Sy games/
1075miscellaneous game status and log files
1076.It Sy heimdal/
1077Kerberos 5 KDC database; see
1078.Xr kdc 8
1079.It Sy log/
1080miscellaneous system log files
1081.Pp
1082.Bl -tag -width "monthly.out" -compact
1083.It Sy amd.*
1084.Xr amd 8
1085logs
1086.It Sy daily.out
1087output of the last run of the
1088.Pa /etc/daily
1089script
1090.It Sy ftp.*
1091.Xr ftp 1
1092logs
1093.It Sy kerberos.*
1094.Xr kerberos 8
1095logs
1096.It Sy lastlog
1097system last time logged in log; see
1098.Xr utmp 5
1099.It Sy lpd-errs.*
1100printer daemon error logs; see
1101.Xr lpd 8
1102.It Sy maillog.*
1103.Xr sendmail 8
1104log files
1105.It Sy messages.*
1106general system information log
1107.It Sy monthly.out
1108output of the last run of the
1109.Pa /etc/monthly
1110script
1111.It Sy secure
1112sensitive security information log
1113.It Sy sendmail.st
1114.Xr sendmail 8
1115statistics
1116.It Sy timed.*
1117.Xr timed 8
1118logs
1119.It Sy weekly.out
1120output of the last run of the
1121.Pa /etc/weekly
1122script
1123.It Sy wtmp
1124login/logout log;
1125see
1126.Xr utmp 5
1127.El
1128.Pp
1129.It Sy mail/
1130user system mailboxes
1131.It Sy msgs/
1132system messages; see
1133.Xr msgs 1
1134.\" since we use nvi (now called vi) this isn't the place any more, is it?
1135.It Sy preserve/
1136temporary home of files preserved after an accidental death of
1137.Xr ex 1
1138or
1139.Xr vi 1
1140.It Sy quotas/
1141filesystem quota information
1142.It Sy run/
1143system information files, rebuilt after each reboot
1144.Pp
1145.Bl -tag -width "utmp" -compact
1146.It Sy utmp
1147database of current users; see
1148.Xr utmp 5
1149.El
1150.Pp
1151.It Sy rwho/
1152rwho data files; see
1153.Xr rwhod 8 ,
1154.Xr rwho 1 ,
1155and
1156.Xr ruptime 1
1157.It Sy spool/
1158miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories
1159.Pp
1160.Bl -tag -width "uucppublic/" -compact
1161.It Sy ftp/
1162commonly
1163.Dq ~ftp ,
1164the anonymous ftp root directory; see
1165.Xr ftpd 8
1166.It Sy mqueue/
1167sendmail mail queue;
1168see
1169.Xr sendmail 8
1170.It Sy news/
1171Network news archival and spooling directories
1172.It Sy output/
1173printer spooling directories
1174.It Sy postfix/
1175postfix mail queue;
1176see
1177.Xr postfix 1
1178.It Sy uucp/
1179uucp spool directory
1180.It Sy uucppublic/
1181commonly
1182.Dq ~uucp ,
1183the uucp public temporary directory; see
1184.Xr uucp 1
1185.El
1186.Pp
1187.It Sy tmp/
1188temporary files that are not discarded between system reboots
1189.Pp
1190.Bl -tag -width "vi.recover/" -compact
1191.It Sy vi.recover/
1192recovery directory for new
1193.Xr vi 1
1194.El
1195.Pp
1196.It Sy yp/
1197Databases and configuration for the NIS (YP) system; see
1198.Xr nis 8 .
1199.El
1200.El
1201.Sh SEE ALSO
1202.Xr apropos 1 ,
1203.Xr ls 1 ,
1204.Xr whatis 1 ,
1205.Xr whereis 1 ,
1206.Xr which 1
1207.Sh HISTORY
1208A
1209.Nm
1210manual page appeared in
1211.At v7 .
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