HIER(7) MINIX 3 Programmer's Manual HIER(7)NAMEhier - Description of the file system hierarchy
DESCRIPTION
A tour through the MINIX 3 directory hierarchy.
/ This is where the whole tree starts, and is called root.
/bin/ Contains the utility programs; see also /sbin/, /usr/bin/,
/usr/sbin.
cat show files, cat(1)
cp copy files and directories, cp(1)
mount mount file systems, mount(1)
sh shell
...
/dev/ Contains device, block, or other special files. See mknod(2).
console computer's console device, tty(4)
fd* floppy disk, fd(4)
c?d* hard disk, hd(4)
null accetps and discards all input; produces no output
tty* terminal device, tty(4)
zero the zero device; produces null bytes
...
/etc/ System configuration and data files; see also /usr/etc/.
ethers ethernet addresses database, ethers(5)
fstab filesystem table, fstab(5)
group group permissions file
hostname.file
name of the local system, usage(5)
hosts TCP/IP hosts database, hosts(5)
hosts.equiv
trusted remote users or hosts, rhosts(5)
inet.conf
internet server config file, inet(8)
keymap keymap for custom keyboard, loadkeys(1)
man.conf
configuration file for man(1), man.conf(5)
motd system message of the day, login(1)
mtab mounted file system table, fstab(5)
passwd user database, passwd(1)
profile system wide shell profile
rc system startup script, boot(8)
resolv.conf
TCP/IP domain name system, resolv.conf(5)
services
TCP/IP names to services
serv.access
internet service access control, serv.access(5)
shadow shadow password database, passwd(5)
termcap terminal type descriptions, termcap(1)
ttytab terminals device table, ttytab(5)
utmp user login database, utmp(5)
...
/home/ Contains home directories for users.
bin home directory for user bin
ast Honorary home directory of Andrew S. Tanenbaum
/mnt/ Mount point for temporarily mounted file system.
/proc/ Mount point for the process file system, which provides informa‐
tion about running processes and the kernel.
/root/ This directory is the home directory for the root user.
.ashrc ash (shell) startup configuration, ash(1)
.exrc ex/vi (editor) startup configuration, vim(1)
.profile
login shell profile configuration
.rhosts remote users permission file, rhosts(5)
.ssh/ contains user private keys, known_hosts and
authorized_keys, ssh(1)
/sbin/ Contains system programs and administrative utilites.
/tmp/
Contains small, short-lived temporary files; see also /usr/tmp/.
/usr/
Contains source and majority of system utilities and files
adm/ Contains System administration files.
lastlog last logins, login(1)
log default log file
old last weeks log files
wtmp user logins and logouts, login(1)
*.cache cached data of some programs
...
ast/ Contains user skeleton files.
bin/ Common user programs and utilities.
man show manual pages, man(1)
...
etc/ More system data files; see also /etc.
daily daily system cleanup
rc continued system initialization, boot(8)
include/
Standard C include files.
arpa include files for Internet service protocols
machine machine specific include files
minix MINIX 3 kernel include files
netinet include files for Inernet standard protocols, see
inet(8)
sys system C include files.
...
lib/ Compiler libraries and other support files.
cawf/ text formatter support files, cawf(1)
crontab cron jobs, cron(8)
dict/ word lists
libc.a C library
...
man/ Contains manual pages in subdirectories according to
the man page sections. See man(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, whatis(5)
...
mdec/
Contains binaries associated with various boot programs.
boot bootstrap code, installboot(8)
...
pkg/
Contains programs which are related to local softwares.
bin/ utilities for locally installed programs
etc/ local configuration and data files
man/ manual pages associated with local programs
...
preserve/
Contains saved elvis editor buffers.
See elvprsv(8), elvrec(1).
spool/
Contains spooled files for various commands and
mail programs.
at/ spooled jobs for at(1)
at/past/ completed at(1) jobs
crontabs/ spooled jobs for cron(8)
lpd/ spooled files for printing
mail/ mail drops, mail(1)
user mailbox of user
...
src/ Contains system and command source files.
LICENSE MINIX 3 license to use
Makefile targets for building and installing libraries,
utilities and boot files
benchmarks/
test programs for system and graphic tests
commands/ source file for command utilities
common/
include/ includes common to NetBSD and Minix
lib/ lib files common to NetBSD kernel and libc
docs/ documents related to recent source changes
drivers/ source files for various device drivers
etc/ source for files in /etc/
include/ standard C include source files
kernel/ kernel source files
lib/ source for libraries in /usr/lib/
man/ manual pages
servers/ source files for system servers
share/ source for files in /usr/share/
test/ source files for system test programs
tools/ kernel image making tools
...
tmp/ Contains large, short lived temporary files.
SEE ALSOls(1), man(1), find(1), grep(1), mount(1).
NOTES
Not all of the directories and files shown are present. They must be
created as needed.
BUGS
Many of the listed manual references do not yet exist.
AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
MINIX 3 2011-06-23 HIER(7)
