Introduction to Linux system catalog

/bin Binary executable command

/dev   device special files
/etc  system administration and configuration Files
/etc/rc.d   Startup configuration files and scripts
/home  base point of user home directory, such as user's home directory is/home/user, can be represented by ~user
/ Lib   Standard Programming library, also known as dynamic Link shared library, functions like a. dll file in Windows
/ sbin   Super Admin command, which is stored in the hypervisor used by the system administrator
/ tmp   Public temporary file storage points
/ root   system administrator's home directory
/ mnt   system provides this directory is to let users temporarily mount other file system
/ Lost+found This directory is usually empty, the system is not properly shutdown and left "homeless" File (what's called under Windows. chk) right here.
/ proc   Virtual directory, which is a mapping of system memory. This directory can be accessed directly to obtain system information.
/ var   Overflow area for some large files, such as log files for various services
/ usr   Most extensive directory, applications and files to be used in almost all of this directory , which contains:

/USR/X11R6 the directory where x window is stored
/usr/bin a multitude of applications
/usr/sbin Some management programs for super users
/usr/doc Linux Documentation
/usr/include the header files needed to develop and compile applications under Linux
/usr/lib Common dynamic-link libraries and package profiles
/usr/man Help Documentation
/USR/SRC source code, the Linux kernel source is placed in the/usr/src/linux
/usr/local/bin Local Add-on command
/usr/local/lib locally added Coogan file system

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Introduction to Linux system catalog