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Basic Paths Flashcards

1
Q

Not sure WTF this is.

NIS Maps

A

/var/yp/

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2
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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.

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/usr/local/

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2
Q

An oject by any other name…

Architecture-specific target tree produced by building the /usr/src tree.

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**/usr/obj/ **

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3
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Drat! Where are all those devices…

Device nodes.

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/dev/

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3
Q

The mail server quit working…

Configuration files for mail transport agents such as sendmail.

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/etc/mail/

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3
Q

No ordinary library…

Miscellaneous utility data files.

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/usr/libdata/

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4
Q

That external drive isn’t showing up any longer…

Empty directory commonly used by system administrators as a temporary mount point.

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/mnt/

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5
Q

Its a tar pit in here.

Archive libraries.

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/usr/lib/

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6
Q

I have deamons in my closet.

System daemons and system utilities executed by other programs.

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/usr/libexec/

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8
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Where it all starts…

Default boot configuration files.

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/boot/default/

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11
Q

Root beer you say?

The root directory of the file system.

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/

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13
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A bootstrap?

Programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap.

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/boot/

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14
Q

AH! My stdio.h lives here.

Standard C include files.

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/usr/include/

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15
Q

The source…

BSD and local source files.

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/usr/src/

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15
Q

A log isn’t just a log…

Miscellaneous system log files.

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/var/log/

17
Q

Thats right home slice…that’s my files.

Home directory for the root account.

A

/root/

17
Q

AH! Make Install me here.

The FreeBSD Ports Collection (optional).

A

/usr/ports/

17
Q

My print jobs land here until printed.

Miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories.

A

/var/spool/

18
Q

Is it crashed again? Not BSD…

Statically linked programs for emergency recovery.

A

/rescue/

19
Q

I lived thru a reboot!

Temporary files which are usually preserved across a system reboot, unless /var is a memory-based file system.

A

/var/tmp/

21
Q

My apps…

The majority of user utilities and applications.

A

/usr/

22
Q

What utilities?

User utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments.

A

/bin/

24
Q

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.

A

/tmp/

25
Q

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.

A

/var/

26
Q

Even the Arm processor works.

Architecture-independent files.

A

/usr/share/

27
Q

It ran twice a day and no one knew it…

Scripts that run daily, weekly, and monthly via cron.

A

/etc/periodic/

28
Q

It is somewhere around here…

Default system configuration files.

A

/etc/conf/

29
Q

Old school mail boxes.

User Mailbox files.

A

/var/mail/

30
Q

Even system users have daemons in their closets…

System daemons and system utilities executed by users.

A

**/usr/sbin/ **

31
Q

Xcode would live here. Not.

Common utilities, programming tools, and applications.

A

/usr/bin/

32
Q

What process was that running again?

Process file system.

A

/proc/

33
Q

And you thought it was just extra files…

System configuration files and scripts.

A

/etc/

34
Q

Ah…I command thee.

System programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments.

A

/sbin/

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