Table 3.1
Important Directories in the Unix file system
Stores
varying files such as /var/log, /var/mail
/var
A variety of
critical system files, including system utilities (/usr/bin), and administration executables (/usr/sbin)
/usr
Temporary
files
/tmp
Images of
currently executing processes on the system
/proc
Temporary
mount point for file systems
/mnt
Shared
libraries used by programs
/lib
User home
directories
/home
System
configuration files such as passwords, network addresses and names,system startup scripts
/etc
Device
drivers
/dev
Critical
executables needed to boot the system
/bin or
/sbin
The root
directory
/
Purpose
Directory