| / |
Root directory of the file system. |
| /bin/ |
User utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments. |
| /boot/ |
Programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap. |
| /boot/defaults/ |
Default bootstrapping configuration files; see loader.conf(5). |
| /dev/ |
Device nodes; see intro(4). |
| /etc/ |
System configuration files and scripts. |
| /etc/defaults/ |
Default system configuration files; see rc(8). |
| /etc/mail/ |
Configuration files for mail transport agents such as sendmail(8). |
| /etc/namedb/ |
named configuration files; see named(8). |
| /etc/periodic/ |
Scripts that are run daily, weekly, and monthly, via cron(8); see periodic(8). |
| /etc/ppp/ |
ppp configuration files; see ppp(8). |
| /mnt/ |
Empty directory commonly used by system administrators as a temporary mount
point. |
| /proc/ |
Process file system; see procfs(5), mount_procfs(8). |
| /rescue/ |
Statically linked programs for emergency recovery; see rescue(8). |
| /root/ |
Home directory for the root account. |
| /sbin/ |
System programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and
multi-user environments. |
| /tmp/ |
Temporary files. The contents of /tmp are usually NOT
preserved across a system reboot. A memory-based file system is often mounted at /tmp. This can be automated using the tmpmfs-related variables of
rc.conf(5) (or with an
entry in /etc/fstab; see mdmfs(8)). |
| /usr/ |
The majority of user utilities and applications. |
| /usr/bin/ |
Common utilities, programming tools, and applications. |
| /usr/include/ |
Standard C include files. |
| /usr/lib/ |
Archive libraries. |
| /usr/libdata/ |
Miscellaneous utility data files. |
| /usr/libexec/ |
System daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs). |
| /usr/local/ |
Local executables, libraries, etc. Also used as the default destination for the
FreeBSD ports framework. Within /usr/local, the general layout
sketched out by hier(7) for /usr should be used. Exceptions are the man directory, which is
directly under /usr/local rather than under /usr/local/share, and the ports documentation is in share/doc/port. |
| /usr/obj/ |
Architecture-specific target tree produced by building the /usr/src tree. |
| /usr/ports |
The FreeBSD Ports Collection (optional). |
| /usr/sbin/ |
System daemons & system utilities (executed by users). |
| /usr/share/ |
Architecture-independent files. |
| /usr/src/ |
BSD and/or local source files. |
| /usr/X11R6/ |
X11R6 distribution executables, libraries, etc (optional). |
| /var/ |
Multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files. A memory-based file system
is sometimes mounted at /var. This can be automated using the
varmfs-related variables of rc.conf(5) (or with an
entry in /etc/fstab; see mdmfs(8)). |
| /var/log/ |
Miscellaneous system log files. |
| /var/mail/ |
User mailbox files. |
| /var/spool/ |
Miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories. |
| /var/tmp/ |
Temporary files. The files are usually preserved across a system reboot, unless /var is a memory-based file system. |
| /var/yp |
NIS maps. |
