Comprehensive Directory Listing Flashcards
/
Root
/bin
Binaries and other executable programs
/etc
System configuration files
/home
Home Directories
/opt
Optional or third party software
/tmp
Temporary space, typically cleared on reboot
/usr
User related programs
Also contains sub directories
/var
Variable data, most notably log files
/boot
Files needed to boot the operating system
/cdrom
Mount point for CD-ROMs
/cgroup
Control Groups Hierarchy
/dev
Device files, typically controlled by the operating system and the system administrators
/export
Share file systems
/lib
System Libraries
/lib64
System Libraries, 64 bit
/lost+found
Used by the file system to store recovered files after a file system check has been performed.
/media
Used to mount removable media like CD-ROMs
/mnt
Used to mount external file systems
/proc
Provides info about running processes
/root
The home directory for the root account
/sbin
System administration binaries
/selinux
Used to display information about SELinux
/srv
Contains data which is server by the system
/srv/www
Web service files
/srv/ftp
FTP files
/sys
Used to display and sometimes configure the devices known to the Linux kernel
/tmp
Temporary space, typically cleared on reboot
/usr/bin
Nested binaries and other executable programs
/usr/lib
Nested Libraries
/usr/local
Locally installed software that is not part of the base operating system
/usr/sbin
Nested system administration binaries
/var/log
Nested log files
