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; __/boot__ : the kernel. This is usually a separate [Partition] at the beginning of the hard drive.
; __/bin__ : system executable files for use by all users
; __/dev__ : device nodes, ie files that represent your computer's periphery
; __/etc__ : configuration files for programs
-; __/home__ : one subdirectory for each user to store all their personal files in. Commonly
abbreviated as __~__ (
though this must be explicitly support
by the program in question, as
all shells do).
+; __/home__ : one subdirectory for each user to store all their personal files in. Your own subdirectory here is called your home and is commonly
abbreviated as __~__,
though this must be explicitly supported
by the program in question (
all shells do).
; __/lib__ : libraries needed to run the programs in __/bin__ and __/sbin__
-; __/mnt__ : '
MountPoint'
for temporary filesystems (eg CDROM, floppy disk)
-; __/opt__ : add on software. Usually StaticallyLinked programs provided in binary form. Some people install [TarBall]s in here too, expecially
beta software.
+; __/mnt__ : MountPoint for temporary filesystems (eg CDROM, floppy disk)
+; __/opt__ : add on software. Usually StaticallyLinked programs provided in binary form. Some people install [TarBall]s in here too, especially
beta software.
; __/proc__ : a virtual FileSystem containing pseudo files with information about the hardware and kernel configuration and the running processes
; __/root__ : home directory of the __root__ SuperUser
; __/sbin__ : executable files only of interest to the __root__ SuperUser
; __/usr__ : files that can be shared across a whole site among multiple users
; __/usr/local__ : anything shared across the system but not supplied by the system vendor traditionally goes here - most commonly, packages compiled from [TarBall]s
; __/var__ : variable data files, such as logs, mail and printer spools
-; __/tmp__ : temporary files - that is ''literally'' temporary files. On some systems,
this directory is frequently purged.
+; __/tmp__ : temporary files - that is ''literally'' temporary files. On some systems this directory is frequently purged, and on machines with modern Linux kernels it may be mounted as [Tmpfs] FileSystem that exists only in memory
.
More information can be found at the [filesystem hierarchy standard|http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/], and in hier(7)
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