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Directory Structure in Unix Systems

Directory Structure in Unix Systems

Unix Directories Explained

DIRECTORY 		DESCRIPTION

/ 			#The ancestor of all directories on the system.
/bin 			#Essential tools and other programs (or binaries).
/dev 			#Files representing the system's various hardware devices.
/etc 			#Miscellaneous system configuration files, startup files, etcetera.
/home 			#The home directories for all of the system's users.
/lib 			#Essential system library files used by tools in `/bin'.
/proc 			#Files that give information about current system processes.
/root 			#The superuser's home directory, whose username is root.
/sbin 			#Essential system administrator tools, or system binaries.
/tmp 			#Temporary files.
/usr 			#Subdirectories with files related to user tools and applications.
/usr/X11R6 		#Files relating to the X Window System.
/usr/bin 		#Tools and applications for users.
/usr/dict 		#Dictionaries and word lists (slowly being outmoded by `/usr/share/dict').
/usr/doc 		#Miscellaneous system documentation.
/usr/games 		#Games and amusements.
/usr/info 		#Files for the GNU Info hypertext system.
/usr/lib 		#Libraries used by tools in `/usr/bin'.
/usr/local 		#Local files -- files unique to the individual system
/usr/man 		#The online manuals, which are read with the man command (see Reading a Page from the System Manual).
/usr/share 		#Data for installed applications that is architecture-independent and can be shared between systems.
/usr/src 		#Program source code for software compiled on the system.
/usr/tmp 		#Another directory for temporary files.
/var 			#Variable data files, such as spool queues and log files.