Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 372

Table 15.1
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/home
/etc
/bin, /sbin
/usr, /usr/local
/usr/bin, /usr/
sbin
/usr/share/doc
/tmp, /var/tmp
/opt
15.1.3 Working with Directories and Files
To address a certain file or directory, you must specify the path leading to that directory
or file. There are two ways to specify a path:
• The entire (absolute) path from the root directory to the respective file
• A path starting from the current directory (relative path)
Absolute paths always start with a slash. Relative paths do not have a slash at the begin-
ning.
356 Deployment Guide
Overview of a Standard Directory Tree
Root directory, starting point of the directory tree
Personal directories of users
Important files for system configuration
Programs needed early in the boot process (/bin) and
for the administrator (/sbin)
All application programs and local, distribution-indepen-
dent extensions (/usr/local)
Generally accessible programs (/usr/bin) and reserved
for the system administrator ( /usr/sbin)
Various documentation files
Temporary files (do not save files in this directory unless
you do not need them)
Optional software, larger add-on program packages (such
as KDE, GNOME, and Netscape)