Annotation of researchv10dc/man/manx/hier.7, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: .TH HIER 7
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: hier \- file system hierarchy
                      4: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      5: The following outline gives a quick tour through
                      6: a representative directory hierarchy.
                      7: .na
                      8: .nh
                      9: .IP /
                     10: root
                     11: .PD 0
                     12: .IP /vmunix
                     13: the kernel binary (UNIX itself)
                     14: .IP /lost+found
                     15: directory for connecting detached files for
                     16: .IR fsck (8)
                     17: .IP /dev/
                     18: devices (4)
                     19: .RS
                     20: .IP console
                     21: main console,
                     22: .IR ttyld (4)
                     23: .IP tty*
                     24: terminals,
                     25: .IR ttyld (4)
                     26: .IP ra*
                     27: disks,
                     28: .IR ra (4)
                     29: .IP rra*
                     30: raw disks,
                     31: .IR ra (4)
                     32: .IP ...
                     33: .RE
                     34: .IP /bin/
                     35: utility programs, cf /usr/bin/ (1)
                     36: .RS
                     37: .IP as
                     38: assembler
                     39: .IP cc
                     40: C compiler executive,
                     41: cf /lib/ccom, /lib/cpp, /lib/c2
                     42: .IP csh
                     43: C shell
                     44: .IP ...
                     45: .RE
                     46: .IP /lib/
                     47: object libraries and other stuff, cf /usr/lib/
                     48: .RS
                     49: .IP libc.a
                     50: system calls, standard I/O, etc. (2,3,3S)
                     51: .IP ...
                     52: .IP ccom
                     53: C compiler proper
                     54: .IP cpp
                     55: C preprocessor
                     56: .IP c2
                     57: C code improver
                     58: .IP ...
                     59: .RE
                     60: .IP /etc/
                     61: essential data and maintenance utilities;
                     62: sect (8)
                     63: .RS
                     64: .IP dump
                     65: dump program
                     66: .IR dump (8)
                     67: .IP passwd
                     68: password file,
                     69: .IR passwd (5)
                     70: .IP group
                     71: group file,
                     72: .IR group (5)
                     73: .IP motd
                     74: message of the day,
                     75: .IR login (8)
                     76: .IP whoami
                     77: system name,
                     78: .IR uname (3)
                     79: .IP termcap
                     80: description of terminal capabilities,
                     81: .IR termcap (5)
                     82: .IP ttytype
                     83: table of what kind of terminal is on each port,
                     84: .IR ttytype (5)
                     85: .IP mtab
                     86: mounted file table,
                     87: .IR mtab (5)
                     88: .IP dumpdates
                     89: dump history,
                     90: .IR dump (8)
                     91: .IP fstab
                     92: file system configurtion table
                     93: .IR fstab (5)
                     94: .IP ttys
                     95: properties of terminals,
                     96: .IR ttys (5)
                     97: .IP getty
                     98: part of
                     99: .IR login ,
                    100: .IR getty (8)
                    101: .IP init
                    102: the parent of all processes,
                    103: .IR init (8)
                    104: .IP rc
                    105: shell program to bring the system up
                    106: .IP cron
                    107: the clock daemon,
                    108: .IR cron (8)
                    109: .IP mount
                    110: .IR mount (8)
                    111: .IP wall
                    112: .IR wall (1)
                    113: .IP ...
                    114: .RE
                    115: .IP /tmp/
                    116: temporary files, usually on a fast device, cf /usr/tmp/
                    117: .RS
                    118: .IP e*
                    119: used by
                    120: .IR ed (1)
                    121: .IP ctm*
                    122: used by 
                    123: .IR cc (1)
                    124: .IP ...
                    125: .RE
                    126: .IP /usr/
                    127: general-pupose directory, usually a mounted file system
                    128: .RS
                    129: .IP adm/
                    130: administrative information
                    131: .RS
                    132: .IP wtmp
                    133: login history,
                    134: .IR utmp (5)
                    135: .IP messages
                    136: hardware error messages
                    137: .IP tracct
                    138: phototypesetter accounting,
                    139: .IR troff (1)
                    140: .IP lpacct
                    141: line printer accounting
                    142: .IR lpr (1)
                    143: .RE
                    144: .RE
                    145: .IP /usr\t/bin
                    146: .RS
                    147: utility programs, to keep /bin/ small
                    148: .IP tmp/
                    149: temporaries, to keep /tmp/ small
                    150: .RS
                    151: .IP stm*
                    152: used by
                    153: .IR sort (1)
                    154: .IP raster
                    155: used by
                    156: .IR plot (1)
                    157: .RE
                    158: .IP dict/
                    159: word lists, etc.
                    160: .RS
                    161: .IP words
                    162: principal word list, used by
                    163: .IR look (1)
                    164: .IP spellhist
                    165: history file for
                    166: .IR spell (1)
                    167: .RE
                    168: .IP games/
                    169: .RS
                    170: .IP hangman
                    171: .IP lib/
                    172: library of stuff for the games
                    173: .RS
                    174: .IP quiz.k/
                    175: what
                    176: .IR quiz (6)
                    177: knows
                    178: .RS
                    179: .IP index
                    180: category index
                    181: .IP africa
                    182: countries and capitals
                    183: .IP ...
                    184: .RE
                    185: .IP ...
                    186: .RE
                    187: .IP ...
                    188: .RE
                    189: .IP include/
                    190: standard #include files
                    191: .RS
                    192: .IP a.out.h
                    193: object file layout,
                    194: .IR a.out (5)
                    195: .IP stdio.h
                    196: standard I/O,
                    197: .IR stdio (3)
                    198: .IP math.h
                    199: (3M)
                    200: .IP ...
                    201: .IP sys/
                    202: system-defined layouts, cf /usr/sys/h
                    203: .RE
                    204: .IP lib/
                    205: object libraries and stuff, to keep /lib/ small
                    206: .RS
                    207: .IP atrun
                    208: scheduler for
                    209: .IR at (1)
                    210: .IP lint/
                    211: utility files for lint
                    212: .RS
                    213: .IP lint[12]
                    214: subprocesses for
                    215: .IR lint (1)
                    216: .IP llib-lc
                    217: dummy declarations for /lib/libc.a, used by
                    218: .IR lint (1)
                    219: .IP llib-lm
                    220: dummy declarations for /lib/libc.m
                    221: .IP ...
                    222: .RE
                    223: .IP struct/
                    224: passes of
                    225: .IR struct (1)
                    226: .IP ...
                    227: .IP tmac/
                    228: macros for
                    229: .IR troff (1)
                    230: .RS
                    231: .IP tmac.an
                    232: macros for
                    233: .IR man (7)
                    234: .IP tmac.s
                    235: macros for
                    236: .IR ms (7)
                    237: .IP ...
                    238: .RE
                    239: .IP font/
                    240: fonts for
                    241: .IR troff (1)
                    242: .RS
                    243: .IP ftR
                    244: Times Roman
                    245: .IP ftB
                    246: Times Bold
                    247: .IP ...
                    248: .RE
                    249: .IP uucp/
                    250: programs and data for
                    251: .IR uucp (1)
                    252: .RS
                    253: .IP L.sys
                    254: remote system names and numbers
                    255: .IP uucico
                    256: the real copy program
                    257: .IP ...
                    258: .RE
                    259: .IP units
                    260: conversion tables for
                    261: .IR units (7)
                    262: .IP eign
                    263: list of English words to be ignored by
                    264: .IR ptx (1)
                    265: .RE
                    266: .RE
                    267: .br
                    268: .ne 5
                    269: .IP /usr/\tman/
                    270: .RS
                    271: volume 1 of this manual,
                    272: .IR man (1)
                    273: .RS
                    274: .IP man0/
                    275: general
                    276: .RS
                    277: .IP intro
                    278: introduction to volume 1,
                    279: .IR ms (7)
                    280: format
                    281: .IP xx
                    282: template for manual page
                    283: .RE
                    284: .IP man1/
                    285: chapter 1
                    286: .RS
                    287: .IP as.1
                    288: .IP mount.1m
                    289: .IP ...
                    290: .RE
                    291: .IP ...
                    292: .IP cat1/
                    293: preformatted pages for section 1
                    294: .IP ...
                    295: .RE
                    296: .IP spool/
                    297: delayed execution files
                    298: .RS
                    299: .IP at/
                    300: used by 
                    301: .IR at (1)
                    302: .IP lpd/
                    303: used by
                    304: .IR lpr (1)
                    305: .RS
                    306: .IP lock
                    307: present when line printer is active
                    308: .IP cf*
                    309: copy of file to be printed, if necessary
                    310: .IP df*
                    311: daemon control file,
                    312: .IR lpd (8)
                    313: .IP tf*
                    314: transient control file, while 
                    315: .I lpr
                    316: is working
                    317: .RE
                    318: .IP uucp/
                    319: work files and staging area for 
                    320: .IR uucp (1)
                    321: .RS
                    322: .IP LOGFILE
                    323: summary log
                    324: .IP LOG.*
                    325: log file for one transaction
                    326: .RE
                    327: .IP mail/
                    328: mailboxes for
                    329: .IR mail (1)
                    330: .RS
                    331: .TP
                    332: .I name
                    333: mail file for user
                    334: .I name
                    335: .TP
                    336: .IR name .lock
                    337: lock file while
                    338: .I name
                    339: is receiving mail
                    340: .RE
                    341: .IP secretmail/
                    342: like
                    343: .IR mail /
                    344: .IP uucp/
                    345: work files and staging area for 
                    346: .IR uucp (1)
                    347: .RS
                    348: .IP LOGFILE
                    349: summary log
                    350: .IP LOG.*
                    351: log file for one transaction
                    352: .RE
                    353: .RE
                    354: .TP
                    355: .I wd
                    356: initial working directory of a user,
                    357: typically
                    358: .I wd
                    359: is the user's login name
                    360: .RS
                    361: .TP
                    362: .BR . profile
                    363: set environment for
                    364: .IR sh (1),
                    365: .IR environ (5)
                    366: .TP
                    367: calendar
                    368: user's datebook for
                    369: .IR calendar (1)
                    370: .RE
                    371: .IP doc/
                    372: papers, mostly in volume 2 of this manual, typically in
                    373: .IR ms (7)
                    374: format
                    375: .RS
                    376: .IP as/
                    377: assembler manual
                    378: .IP c
                    379: C manual
                    380: .IP ...
                    381: .RE
                    382: .RE
                    383: .RE
                    384: .IP /usr/\tsrc/
                    385: .RS
                    386: .IP
                    387: source programs for utilities, etc.
                    388: .RS
                    389: .IP cmd/
                    390: source of commands
                    391: .RS
                    392: .IP as/
                    393: assembler
                    394: .IP ar.c
                    395: source for
                    396: .IR ar (1)
                    397: .IP ...
                    398: .IP troff/
                    399: source for
                    400: .I nroff
                    401: and
                    402: .IR troff (1)
                    403: .RS
                    404: .IP font/
                    405: source for font tables, /usr/lib/font/
                    406: .RS
                    407: .IP ftR.c
                    408: Roman
                    409: .IP ...
                    410: .RE
                    411: .IP term/
                    412: terminal characteristics tables, /usr/lib/term/
                    413: .RS
                    414: .IP tab300.c
                    415: DASI 300
                    416: .IP ...
                    417: .RE
                    418: .IP ...
                    419: .RE
                    420: .RE
                    421: .IP games/
                    422: source for /usr/games
                    423: .IP libc/
                    424: source for functions in /lib/libc.a
                    425: .RS
                    426: .IP crt/
                    427: C runtime support
                    428: .IP csu/
                    429: startup and wrapup routines needed with every C program
                    430: .RS
                    431: .IP crt0.s
                    432: regular startup
                    433: .IP mcrt0.s
                    434: modified startup for
                    435: .I cc \-p
                    436: .RE
                    437: .IP sys/
                    438: system calls (2)
                    439: .RS
                    440: .IP access.s
                    441: .IP alarm.s
                    442: .IP ...
                    443: .RE
                    444: .IP stdio/
                    445: standard I/O functions (3S)
                    446: .RS
                    447: .IP fgets.c
                    448: .IP fopen.c
                    449: .IP ...
                    450: .RE
                    451: .IP gen/
                    452: other functions in (3)
                    453: .RS
                    454: .IP abs.c
                    455: .IP ...
                    456: .RE
                    457: .RE
                    458: .IP local/
                    459: source which isn't normally distributed
                    460: .IP new/
                    461: source for new versions of commands and library routines
                    462: .IP old/
                    463: source for old versions of commands and library routines
                    464: .IP sys/
                    465: system source
                    466: .RS
                    467: .IP h/
                    468: header (include) files
                    469: .RS
                    470: .IP acct.h
                    471: .IR acct (5)
                    472: .IP stat.h
                    473: .IR stat (2)
                    474: .IP ...
                    475: .RE
                    476: .IP sys/
                    477: system source proper
                    478: .RS
                    479: .IP main.c
                    480: .IP pipe.c
                    481: .IP sysent.c
                    482: system entry points
                    483: .RE
                    484: .RE
                    485: .RE
                    486: .IP ucb/
                    487: binaries of programs developed at UCB
                    488: .RS
                    489: .IP ...
                    490: .IP edit
                    491: editor for beginners
                    492: .IP ex
                    493: command editor for experienced users
                    494: .IP ...
                    495: .IP mail
                    496: mail reading/sending subsystem
                    497: .IP man
                    498: on line documentation
                    499: .IP ...
                    500: .IP pi
                    501: Pascal translator
                    502: .IP px
                    503: Pascal interpreter
                    504: .IP ...
                    505: .IP vi
                    506: visual editor
                    507: .RE
                    508: .RE
                    509: .ad
                    510: .SH SEE ALSO
                    511: .IR ls (1), 
                    512: .IR du (1), 
                    513: .IR icheck (8), 
                    514: .IR find (1), 
                    515: .IR grep (1)
                    516: .SH BUGS
                    517: The position of files is subject to change without notice.

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