Linux File system structure

Linux File System architecture

/bin binary abbreviation for placing an executable binary, basic command

/boot used to store boot files, kernel and boot configuration files

/dev to place device files

/dev/console default system console, including display and keyboard

/DEV/FD Floppy disk drive

/DEV/HD IDE Hard drive device

/DEV/SD SCSI Disk Device – there may not be

/dev/pty pseudo terminal for Telnet process

/dev/ttys Serial Device

/dev/null Empty Device Management file

/etc to store configuration files for Linux systems

/home is used to place the user's main directory

/var to place various system log files

/usr is a large user program directory

/usr/bin used to store executable files

/usr/sbin used to place the executable system management program

/USR/ETC Storing the configuration file

/usr/doc Store various documents

/USR/X11R6 Storage X-window

/usr/lib repository files, there are some large programs

/usr/include the header file that holds the C compiler program

/usr/local Local data for the storage system

/USR/SRC the source code of the stored file

/proc is a virtual directory that is built by the kernel in memory to read data from memory and to hold kernel-related information.

/lib repository file for storage System

/MNT is used to provide installation points for other file systems, for example:/mnt/cdrom,/mnt/floppy

/tmp for storing temporary files

/sbin executable program for storage System Management

/root root User's "roots" directory

/lost+found is mainly used to store some lost files and find them back.

Linux File system structure