Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 372

Table 18.1
/
/home
/dev
/etc
/etc/init.d
/bin, /sbin
/usr, /usr/local
/usr/bin, /usr/sbin
/usr/share/doc
/tmp, /var/tmp
/opt
/proc
/sys
/var/log
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Overview of a Standard Directory Tree
Root directory, starting point of the directory tree
Personal directories of users
Device files that represent hardware components
Important files for system configuration
Boot scripts
Programs needed early in the boot process (/bin) and
for the administrator (/sbin)
All application programs and local, distribution-inde-
pendent extensions (/usr/local)
Generally accessible programs (/usr/bin) and re-
served for the system administrator ( /usr/sbin)
Various documentation files
Temporary files (do not save files in this directory un-
less you do not need them)
Optional software, larger add-on program packages
(such as KDE, GNOME, and Netscape)
Process file system
System file system where all device information for the
kernel is gathered
System log files