Linux Directory Hierarchy Essentials Flashcards
What are the nine subdirectories of root?
bin dev etc usr home lib sbin tmp var
What are the two subdirectories of var?
log
tmp
What are the six subdirectories of usr?
bin man lib local sbin share
bin contains ready-to-run programs (also known as ______).
executables
bin contains most of the ________.
basic Unix commands such as ls and cp
Most of the programs in bin are in _____, having been created by a ____, but some are shell scripts in modern systems.
binary format
C compiler
dev contains ______.
device files
etc is pronounced _____
EHT-see
etc is the _______
core system configuration directory
etc contains ______
the user password, boot, device, networking, and other set up files
home holds _______ for regular users
personal directories
An abbreviation for library, _____________.
lib holds files containing code that executables can use.
sbin is the place for _____. Programs in sbin directories relate to _____ so regular users usuallly do not have sbin components in their command paths.
system executables
system management
tmp is a storage area for _____.
smaller, temporary files that you don’t care much about.
Most distributions clear ____ when the machine boots and some even remove its old files periodically.
tmp
