.TH HIER 7

.SH NAME

hier \- file system hierarchy

.SH DESCRIPTION

.de SP

.if t .sp 0.4

.if n .sp

..

A tour through the MINIX 3 directory hierarchy.

.nf

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/ root

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/bin/ Utility programs, cf /usr/bin/ (1)

cat Show files, \fBcat\fP(1)

sh Shell, \fBsh\fP(1)

mount Mount file systems, \fBmount\fP(8)

...

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/boot Boot Monitor, \fBmonitor\fP(8)

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/dev/ devices (4)

console

Main console, \fBtty\fP(4)

tty* Terminals, \fBtty\fP(4)

hd* Hard disk, \fBhd\fP(4)

fd* Floppy disk, \fBfd\fP(4)

...

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/etc/ System configuration and data files, cf /usr/etc/ (1,5,8)

ethers Ethernet addresses database, \fBethers\fP(5)

fstab File system table, \fBfstab\fP(5)

group Groups database, \fBgroup\fP(5)

hostname.file

Name of the local system, \fBusage\fP(5)

hosts TCP/IP hosts database, \fBhosts\fP(5)

hosts.equiv

Network equivalent hosts, \fBhosts.equiv\fP(5)

inet.conf

Inet server config file, \fBinet\fP(8)

keymap Keymap for custom keyboard, \fBloadkeys\fP(8)

motd Message of the day, \fBlogin\fP(1)

mtab Mounted file system table, \fBfstab\fP(5)

passwd User database, \fBpasswd\fP(5)

profile

System wide shell profile, \fBsh\fP(1)

rc System startup script, \fBboot\fP(8)

resolv.conf

TCP/IP domain name system, \fBresolv.conf\fP(5)

services

TCP/IP names to services, \fBservices\fP(5)

serv.access

Internet service access control, \fBserv.access\fP(5)

shadow Shadow password database, \fBpasswd\fP(5)

termcap

Terminal type descriptions, \fBtermcap\fP(5)

ttytab Terminals device table, \fBttytab\fP(5)

utmp User login database, \fBlogin\fP(1)

...

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/minix

MINIX 3 kernel image, \fBmonitor\fP(8)

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/tmp/ Small, short-lived temporary files, cf /usr/tmp/

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/usr/ Home directories and more system files

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adm/ System administration files (1,5,8)

lastlog

Last logins, \fBlogin\fP(1)

log

Default log file

old

Last weeks log files

wtmp

User logins and logouts, \fBlogin\fP(1)

*.cache

Cached data of some programs

...

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ast/ Honorary home directory of Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Also new user initial files

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\fIuser\fP/ Home directory of \fIuser\fP

.ashrc Ash (shell) startup, \fBash\fP(1)

.ellepro.b1

Elle (editor) startup (compiled), \fBelle\fP(1)

.ellepro.e

Elle (editor) startup (text), \fBelle\fP(1)

.exrc Ex/vi (editor) startup, \fBex\fP(1)

.profile

Custom user shell profile, \fBsh\fP(1)

.rhosts Remote user permission file, \fBrhosts\fP(5)

...

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bin/ User programs

cc C compiler, \fBcc\fP(1)

cp Copy files, \fBcp\fP(1)

ls List files, \fBls\fP(1)

man Show manual pages, \fBman\fP(1)

...

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etc/ More system data files, cf /etc (8)

rc Continued system startup, \fBboot\fP(8)

daily

Daily system cleanup

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include/

C-compiler include files

minix/ MINIX 3 kernel include files

...

...

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lib/ Compiler libraries and other support stuff

cawf/ Text formatter support files, \fBcawf\fP(1)

crontab

Cron jobs, \fBcron\fP(8)

dict/ Word lists

words American English word list, \fBlook\fP(1)

...

libc.a C library (Minix-8086 only), \fBcc\fP(1)

\fIarch\fP Per architecture compiler binaries and

libaries, \fBcc\fP(1)

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local/ Local software, cf /usr/

bin/ Local utilities

etc/ Local data files

rc Local system startup

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man/ Local manual pages

src/ Local sources

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man/ Manual pages, \fBman\fP(1)

cat*/ Preformatted manual pages

man0/ Section 0, Book style user commands

man1/ User commands

man2/ System calls

man3/ Library routines

man4/ Device files

man5/ File formats

man6/ Games

man7/ Miscellaneous

man8/ System utilities

whatis Table of manual pages, \fBwhatis\fP(5)

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mdec/

boot Bootstrap code, \fBinstallboot\fP(8)

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preserve/

Saved elvis editor buffers, \fBelvprsv\fP(8), \fBelvrec\fP(1)

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spool/ Mail and command spooling

at/ At jobs, \fBat\fP(1)

past/ Completed at jobs

mail/ Mail drops, \fBmail\fP(1)

\fIuser\fP Mailbox of \fIuser\fP

...

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src/ System and command sources (home of bin)

LICENSE

MINIX 3 license to use

commands/

Utility sources

crclist

CRC checksums of the source tree, \fBsrccrc\fP(8)

lib/ Library sources

fs/ File system

inet/ TCP/IP task

kernel/

Kernel

mm/ Memory manager

boot/ Boot Monitor

tools/ Kernel image making tools, \fBtools\fP(8)

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tmp/ Large temporary files

.fi

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR ls (1),

.BR man (1),

.BR find (1),

.BR grep (1),

.BR checkhier (8).

.SH NOTES

Not all of the directories and files shown are present. They must be

created as needed.

.SH BUGS

Many of the listed manual references do not yet exist.

.SH AUTHOR

Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)