Basic Paths Flashcards
Not sure WTF this is.
NIS Maps
/var/yp/
For me, the apps grow local around here.
Local executables and libraries. Also used as the default destination for the FreeBSD ports framework. Within /usr/local , the general layout sketched out by hier for /usr should be used. Exceptions are the man directory, which is directly under /usr/local rather than under /usr/local/share, and the ports documentation is in share/doc/port.
/usr/local/
An oject by any other name…
Architecture-specific target tree produced by building the /usr/src tree.
**/usr/obj/ **
Drat! Where are all those devices…
Device nodes.
/dev/
The mail server quit working…
Configuration files for mail transport agents such as sendmail.
/etc/mail/
No ordinary library…
Miscellaneous utility data files.
/usr/libdata/
That external drive isn’t showing up any longer…
Empty directory commonly used by system administrators as a temporary mount point.
/mnt/
Its a tar pit in here.
Archive libraries.
/usr/lib/
I have deamons in my closet.
System daemons and system utilities executed by other programs.
/usr/libexec/
Where it all starts…
Default boot configuration files.
/boot/default/
Root beer you say?
The root directory of the file system.
/
A bootstrap?
Programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap.
/boot/
AH! My stdio.h lives here.
Standard C include files.
/usr/include/
The source…
BSD and local source files.
/usr/src/
A log isn’t just a log…
Miscellaneous system log files.
/var/log/
Thats right home slice…that’s my files.
Home directory for the root account.
/root/
AH! Make Install me here.
The FreeBSD Ports Collection (optional).
/usr/ports/
My print jobs land here until printed.
Miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories.
/var/spool/
Is it crashed again? Not BSD…
Statically linked programs for emergency recovery.
/rescue/
I lived thru a reboot!
Temporary files which are usually preserved across a system reboot, unless /var is a memory-based file system.
/var/tmp/
My apps…
The majority of user utilities and applications.
/usr/
What utilities?
User utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments.
/bin/
No worries, its only temporary…
Temporary files which are usually not preserved across a system reboot. A memory based file system is often mounted here.
/tmp/
Sometimes I’m alone on my own partition.
Multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files. A memory-based file system is sometimes mounted here.
/var/
Even the Arm processor works.
Architecture-independent files.
/usr/share/
It ran twice a day and no one knew it…
Scripts that run daily, weekly, and monthly via cron.
/etc/periodic/
It is somewhere around here…
Default system configuration files.
/etc/conf/
Old school mail boxes.
User Mailbox files.
/var/mail/
Even system users have daemons in their closets…
System daemons and system utilities executed by users.
**/usr/sbin/ **
Xcode would live here. Not.
Common utilities, programming tools, and applications.
/usr/bin/
What process was that running again?
Process file system.
/proc/
And you thought it was just extra files…
System configuration files and scripts.
/etc/
Ah…I command thee.
System programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments.
/sbin/
