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Directory and file management

UNIX system directories


/
the source of the file system (called the root directory)

/stand
contains programs and data files used in the booting process

/sbin
contains essential executables used in the booting process and in manual system recovery

/dev
contains special files that represent peripheral devices, such as:

console console
lp line printer
term/* user terminal(s)
dsk/* disks


/dev/fd
contains files accessible through file descriptors

/etc
contains machine-specific administrative configuration files and system administration databases

/home
the root of a subtree for user directories

/tmp
contains temporary files, such as the buffers created for editing a file

/var
the root of a subtree for varying files such as log files

/usr
contains other directories, including lib and bin

/usr/bin
contains many executable programs and utilities, including the following:
   cat
   date
   login
   grep
   mkdir
   who

/usr/lib
contains libraries for programs and languages

/proc
contains files which provide access to the image of each active process in the system


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