Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual page 47

Chapter 3. File System Structure
/var
|- account/
|- arpwatch/
|- cache/
|- crash/
|- db/
|- empty/
|- ftp/
|- gdm/
|- kerberos/
|- lib/
|- local/
|- lock/
|- log/
|- mail -> spool/mail/
|- mailman/
|- named/
|- nis/
|- opt/
|- preserve/
|- run/
+- spool/
|- at/
|- clientmqueue/
|- cron/
|- cups/
|- lpd/
|- mail/
|- mqueue/
|- news/
|- postfix/
|- repackage/
|- rwho/
|- samba/
|- squid/
|- squirrelmail/
|- up2date/
|- uucppublic/
|- vbox/
|- tmp/
|- tux/
|- www/
|- yp/
System log files such as
directory contains RPM system databases. Lock files go in the
/var/lib/rpm/
directory, usually in directories for the program using the file. The
subdirectories for programs in which data files are stored.
and
messages/ lastlog/
go in the
/var/log/
/var/spool/
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directory. The
/var/lock/
directory has