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Overview of the Directory Tree</TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="x338.html" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="SECT1" +><H1 +CLASS="SECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN267" +>The root filesystem</A +></H1 +><P +>The root filesystem should generally be small, since + it contains very critical files and a small, infrequently + modified filesystem has a better chance of not getting corrupted. + A corrupted root filesystem will generally mean that the system + becomes unbootable except with special measures (e.g., from a + floppy), so you don't want to risk it.</P +><P +>The root directory generally doesn't contain any files, except + perhaps the standard boot image for the system, usually called + <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/vmlinuz</TT +>. All other files are in subdirectories in the + root filesystems: + + <DIV +CLASS="GLOSSLIST" +><DL +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/bin</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Commands needed during bootup + that might be used by normal users (probably after + bootup).</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/sbin</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Like <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/bin</TT +>, + but the commands are not intended for normal + users, although they may use them if necessary and + allowed.</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/etc</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Configuration files specific to the + machine.</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/root</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>The home directory for user + \texttt{root}.</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/lib</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Shared libraries needed by the programs + on the root filesystem.</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/lib/modules</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Loadable kernel modules, especially + those that are needed to boot the system when + recovering from disasters (e.g., network and filesystem + drivers).</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/dev</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Device files.</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/tmp</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Temporary files. Programs running after + bootup should use <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/var/tmp</TT +>, not + <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/tmp</TT +>, since the former is probably + on a disk with more space.</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/boot</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Files used by the bootstrap loader, + e.g., LILO. Kernel images are often kept here instead + of in the root directory. If there are many kernel + images, the directory can easily grow rather big, and it + might be better to keep it in a separate filesystem. + Another reason would be to make sure the kernel + images are within the first 1024 cylinders of an IDE + disk.</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/mnt</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Mount point for temporary mounts by + the system administrator. Programs aren't supposed + to mount on <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/mnt</TT +> automatically. + <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/mnt</TT +> might be divided into + subdirectories (e.g., <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/mnt/dosa</TT +> + might be the floppy drive using an MS-DOS filesystem, + and <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/mnt/exta</TT +> might be the same + with an ext2 filesystem).</P +></DD +><DT +><B +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/proc</TT +>, <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/usr</TT +>, <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/var</TT +>, <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/home</TT +></B +></DT +><DD +><P +>Mount points for the other + filesystems.</P +></DD +></DL +></DIV +> + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="NAVFOOTER" +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"><TABLE +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="c212.html" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="book1.html" +>Home</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="x338.html" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +>Overview of the Directory Tree</TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="c212.html" +>Up</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +>The <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>/etc</TT +> directory</TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></BODY +></HTML +>
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