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The Filesystem Tree
/ is the root directory.
/bin: Essential binaries for all users./boot: Static files of the boot loader./dev: Device files./etc: System-wide configuration files./home: Contains the users' home directory./lib: Essential shared libraries and kernel modules./mnt: Mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem./proc: Kernel and process information virtual filesystem./root: Home directory of therootuser./sbin: Essential binaries for therootuser./tmp: Temporary files./usr: Shareable, read-only data./var: Variable files. This includes spool directories and files, administrative and logging data, and transient and temporary files.
- Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) - http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
- The FHS is part of the Linux Standard Base - http://www.linuxbase.org/
