Minix2.0/man/man7/hier.7

.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 directory hierarchy.
.nf
.SP
/	root
.SP
/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)
	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)
	psdatabase
		Kernel info for ps command, \fBps\fP(1)
	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)
	ttys	Active terminals, \fBinit\fP(8)
	ttytype
		Terminal types, \fBlogin\fP(1)
	utmp	User login database, \fBlogin\fP(1)
	...
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/minix
	Minix 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)
		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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	\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)
		...
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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)
		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
		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 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)
.SP
	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)