[nycbug-talk] why /var?
Isaac Levy
ike
Sat Feb 19 20:57:51 EST 2005
For the record in this thread, Darwin 6 and 7(current) have the same
man page, both are below,
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2003; root:tmp/xnu-6.6.2-4-root.obj/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh
powerpc
HIER(7) System Miscellaneous Information Manual
HIER(7)
NAME
hier - layout of filesystems
DESCRIPTION
A sketch of the filesystem hierarchy.
/ root directory of the filesystem
/bin/ user utilities fundamental to both single-user and
multi-
user environments
/dev/ block and character device files
fd/ file descriptor files; see fd(4)
/etc/ system configuration files and scripts
/mach_kernel kernel executable (the operating system loaded into
memory
at boot time).
/sbin/ system programs and administration utilities
fundamental to
both single-user and multi-user environments
/tmp/ temporary files
/usr/ contains the majority of user utilities and
applications
bin/ common utilities, programming tools, and
applica-
tions
include/ standard C include files
arpa/ C include files for Internet
service
protocols
hfs/ C include files for HFS
machine/ machine specific C include
files
net/ misc network C include files
netinet/ C include files for Internet
standard
protocols; see inet(4)
nfs/ C include files for NFS
(Network File
System)
objc/ C include files for Objective-C
protocols/ C include files for Berkeley
service
protocols
sys/ system C include files (kernel
data
structures)
ufs/ C include files for UFS
lib/ archive libraries
libexec/ system daemons & system utilities
(executed by
other programs)
local/ executables, libraries, etc. not included
by the
basic operating system
sbin/ system daemons & system utilities
(executed by
users)
share/ architecture-independent data files
calendar/ a variety of pre-fab calendar
files;
see calendar(1)
dict/ word lists; see look(1)
web2 words from
Webster's 2nd
International
words common words
man/ manual pages
misc/ misc system-wide ascii text
files
mk/ templates for make; see make(1)
skel/ example . (dot) files for new
accounts
tabset/ tab description files for a
variety of
terminals; used in the termcap
file;
see termcap(5)
zoneinfo/ timezone configuration
information;
see tzfile(5)
/var/ multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool
files
at/ timed command scheduling files; see at(1)
backups/ misc. backup files
db/ misc. automatically generated
system-specific
database files
log/ misc. system log files
wtmp login/logout log; see wtmp(5)
mail/ user mailbox files
run/ system information files describing
various info
about system since it was booted
utmp database of current users; see
utmp(5)
rwho/ rwho data files; see rwhod(8), rwho(1),
and
ruptime(1)
spool/ misc. printer and mail system spooling
directo-
ries
mqueue/ undelivered mail queue; see
sendmail(8)
tmp/ temporary files that are kept between
system
reboots
SEE ALSO
ls(1), apropos(1), whatis(1), whereis(1), finger(1), which(1),
find(1),
grep(1), fsck(8)
HISTORY
A hier manual page appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
BSD June 5, 1993
BSD
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HIER(7) BSD Miscellaneous Information Manual
HIER(7)
NAME
hier - layout of filesystems
DESCRIPTION
A sketch of the filesystem hierarchy.
/ root directory of the filesystem
/bin/ user utilities fundamental to both single-user and
multi-
user environments
/dev/ block and character device files
fd/ file descriptor files; see fd(4)
/etc/ system configuration files and scripts
/mach_kernel kernel executable (the operating system loaded into
memory
at boot time).
/sbin/ system programs and administration utilities
fundamental to
both single-user and multi-user environments
/tmp/ temporary files
/usr/ contains the majority of user utilities and
applications
bin/ common utilities, programming tools, and
applica-
tions
include/ standard C include files
arpa/ C include files for Internet
service
protocols
hfs/ C include files for HFS
machine/ machine specific C include
files
net/ misc network C include files
netinet/ C include files for Internet
standard
protocols; see inet(4)
nfs/ C include files for NFS
(Network File
System)
objc/ C include files for Objective-C
protocols/ C include files for Berkeley
service
protocols
sys/ system C include files (kernel
data
structures)
ufs/ C include files for UFS
lib/ archive libraries
libexec/ system daemons & system utilities
(executed by
other programs)
local/ executables, libraries, etc. not included
by the
basic operating system
sbin/ system daemons & system utilities
(executed by
users)
share/ architecture-independent data files
calendar/ a variety of pre-fab calendar
files;
see calendar(1)
dict/ word lists; see look(1)
web2 words from
Webster's 2nd
International
words common words
man/ manual pages
misc/ misc system-wide ascii text
files
mk/ templates for make; see make(1)
skel/ example . (dot) files for new
accounts
tabset/ tab description files for a
variety of
terminals; used in the termcap
file;
see termcap(5)
zoneinfo/ timezone configuration
information;
see tzfile(5)
/var/ multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool
files
at/ timed command scheduling files; see at(1)
backups/ misc. backup files
db/ misc. automatically generated
system-specific
database files
log/ misc. system log files
wtmp login/logout log; see wtmp(5)
mail/ user mailbox files
run/ system information files describing
various info
about system since it was booted
utmp database of current users; see
utmp(5)
rwho/ rwho data files; see rwhod(8), rwho(1),
and
ruptime(1)
spool/ misc. printer and mail system spooling
directo-
ries
mqueue/ undelivered mail queue; see
sendmail(8)
tmp/ temporary files that are kept between
system
reboots
SEE ALSO
ls(1), apropos(1), whatis(1), whereis(1), finger(1), which(1),
find(1),
grep(1), fsck(8)
HISTORY
A hier manual page appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
BSD June 5, 1993
BSD
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