.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 VMD Minix directory hierarchy.
.nf
.SP
/	root
.SP
/bin/	Utility programs, cf /usr/bin/ (1)
	cat	Show files, \fBcat\fP(1)
	sh	Shell, \fBsh\fP(1)
	...
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/boot	Boot Monitor, \fBmonitor\fP(8)
.SP
/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)
	hosts	TCP/IP hosts database, \fBhosts\fP(5)
	hosts.equiv
		Network equivalent hosts, \fBhosts.equiv\fP(5)
	inetd.conf
		Inet daemon config file, \fBinetd.conf\fP(5)
	keymap	Keymap for custom keyboard, \fBkeymap\fP(5)
	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)
	shadow	Shadow password database, \fBpasswd\fP(5)
	termcap
		Terminal type descriptions, \fBtermcap\fP(5)
	timeinfo
		Timezone setting
	ttytab	Terminals device table, \fBttytab\fP(5)
	utmp	User login database, \fBlogin\fP(1)
	vdisk.conf
		Virtual disk configuration file, \fBvd\fP(4)
	...
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/home/	Home directories
	\fIuser\fP	Home directory of \fIuser\fP
		.ashrc	Ash (shell) startup, \fBash\fP(1)
		.exrc	Ex/vi (editor) startup, \fBex\fP(1)
		.joerc	Joe (editor) startup, \fBjoe\fP(1)
		.profile
			Custom user shell profile, \fBsh\fP(1)
		.rhosts	Remote user permission file, \fBrhosts\fP(5)
		mailbox	Incoming email, \fBmail\fP(1), \fBsmail\fP(8)
		...
	...
.SP
/minix/
	Minix kernel images, \fBmonitor\fP(8), \fBbuild\fP(8)
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/sbin/	System utilities, cf /usr/sbin/ (8)
	init	All processes parent, \fBinit\fP(8)
	readclock
		Read the real time clock, \fBreadclock\fP(8)
	...
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/tmp/	Small, short-lived temporary files, cf /usr/tmp/
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/opt/	Optional software packages, \fBpkgadd\fP(8)
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/usr/	System files (no user file in sight)
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	adm/	System administration files (1,5,8)
		authlog
			Security log, \fBsu\fP(1), \fBshutdown\fP(8)
		lastlog
			Last logins, \fBlogin\fP(1)
		oldlog/
			Last weeks log files
		packages
			List of installed packages, \fBpkgadd\fP(8)
		wtmp
			User logins and logouts, \fBlogin\fP(1)
		...
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	ast/	Honorary home directory of Andrew S. Tanenbaum
		Also new user initial files
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	bin/	User programs
		cc	C compiler, \fBcc\fP(1)
		kcc	Kernel 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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	build/	Program compile tree, shadow of /usr/src/, \fB@build\fP(8)
.SP
	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 kernel include files
			...
		...
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	lib/	Compiler libraries and other support stuff
		cawf/	Text formatter support files, \fBcawf\fP(1)
		cc/	C-compiler passes (symlink), \fBcc\fP(1)
			\fIarch\fP/	Per architecture stuff
				libc.a	C library
				...
			...
		dict/	Word lists
			words	American English word list, \fBlook\fP(1)
			...
		smail/	Mail utilities and configuration, \fBsmail\fP(5)
		...
.SP
	local/	Local software, cf /usr/
		bin/	Local utilities
		build/	Local software build tree
		etc/	Local data files
			rc	Local system startup
			...
		lib/	Local libraries
		man/	Local manual pages
		sbin/	Local system utilities
		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)
		...
.SP
	preserve/
		Saved elvis editor buffers, \fBelvprsv\fP(8), \fBelvrec\fP(1)
.SP
	sbin/	System utilities (8)
		build	Build Minix kernel, \fBbuild\fP(8)
		inet	TCP/IP task, \fBinet\fP(8)
		shutdown
			Shut system down cleanly, \fBshutdown\fP(8)
		...
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	spool/	Printer and command spooling
		at/	At jobs, \fBat\fP(1)
			past/	Completed at jobs
		lpd/	Printer jobs, \fBlp\fP(1)
		smail/	Mail queue and logs, \fBsmail\fP(8)
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	src/	System and command sources
		COPYRIGHT
			Copyright status of VMD Minix
		cmd/	Utility sources
		lib/	Library sources
		sys/	Kernel sources, \fBbuild\fP(8)
			cmd/	Kernel/fs dependent utilities
			fs/	File system
			inet/	TCP/IP task
			kernel/
				Kernel
			mm/	Memory manager
			tools/	Image Makefile and images
			version/
				Kernel version info
.SP
		vmd/	VMD added sources, cf /usr/src/
		bsd/	Sources obtained from BSD, cf /usr/src/
		gnu/	Sources under GNU copyright, cf /usr/src/
.SP
	tmp/	Large temporary files
.SP
/var/	Many /usr directories, like /usr/tmp, are really symlinks
	into /var.  This allows one to set up the system with /usr
	read-only.  One should try to forget /var exists.
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ls (1),
.BR man (1),
.BR find (1),
.BR grep (1),
.BR checkhier (8).
.SH BUGS
Many of the listed manual references do not yet exist.
.SH AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)