Sortix nightly manual
This manual documents Sortix nightly, a development build that has not been officially released. You can instead view this document in the latest official manual.
NAME
hier — layout of filesystemsDESCRIPTION
The filesystem hierarchy is as follows:- /
- Root directory.
- /bin
- Programs.
- /boot
- Boot programs, kernel(7), initrd(7), bootloader.
- /boot/sysmerge
- Temporary area for sysmerge(8) delayed upgrades.
- /dev
- Devices.
- /etc
- System-wide configuration.
- /etc/default
- Read-only fallback default configuration files.
- /etc/examples
- Sample configuration files.
- /home
- User directories.
- /include
- Development headers.
- /lib
- Development libraries.
- /libexec
- Non-user programs.
- /mnt
- User mountpoints.
- /root
- Directory of the root user.
- /sbin
- System programs.
- /share
- Architecture independent files.
- /src
- System source code.
- /sysmerge
- Temporary area for sysmerge(8) delayed upgrades.
- /tix
- Package management.
- /tmp
- Temporary files that are cleaned on boot.
- /usr
- Symlink to the current directory.
- /var
- Variable data files.
- /var/cache
- Cached application data that can be removed without data loss.
- /var/empty
- Empty directory.
- /var/log
- Log files.
- /var/run
- Runtime program data that is cleaned on boot.