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NAME
     hier - file system hierarchy

DESCRIPTION
     A tour through the Minix directory hierarchy.

     /       root

     /bin/   Utility programs, cf /usr/bin/ (1)
             cat     Show files, cat(1)
             sh      Shell, sh(1)
             mount   Mount file systems, mount(8)
             ...

     /boot   Boot Monitor, monitor(8)

     /dev/   devices (4)
             console
                     Main console, tty(4)
             tty*    Terminals, tty(4)
             hd*     Hard disk, hd(4)
             fd*     Floppy disk, fd(4)
             ...

     /etc/   System configuration and data files, cf /usr/etc/ (1,5,8)
             ethers  Ethernet addresses database, ethers(5)
             fstab   File system table, fstab(5)
             group   Groups database, group(5)
             hostname.file
                     Name of the local system, usage(5)
             hosts   TCP/IP hosts database, hosts(5)
             hosts.equiv
                     Network equivalent hosts, hosts.equiv(5)
             keymap  Keymap for custom keyboard, loadkeys(8)
             motd    Message of the day, login(1)
             mtab    Mounted file system table, fstab(5)
             passwd  User database, passwd(5)
             psdatabase
                     Kernel info for ps command, ps(1)
             profile
                     System wide shell profile, sh(1)
             rc      System startup script, boot(8)
             resolv.conf
                     TCP/IP domain name system, resolv.conf(5)
             services
                     TCP/IP names to services, services(5)
             shadow  Shadow password database, passwd(5)
             termcap
                     Terminal type descriptions, termcap(5)
             ttys    Active terminals, init(8)


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             ttytype
                     Terminal types, login(1)
             utmp    User login database, login(1)
             ...

     /minix
             Minix kernel image, monitor(8)

     /tmp/   Small, short-lived temporary files, cf /usr/tmp/

     /usr/   Home directories and more system files

             adm/    System administration files (1,5,8)
                     wtmp
                             User logins and logouts, login(1)
                     ...

             ast/    Honorary home directory of Andrew S. Tanenbaum
                     Also new user initial files

             user/   Home directory of user
                     .ashrc  Ash (shell) startup, ash(1)
                     .ellepro.b1
                             Elle (editor) startup (compiled), elle(1)
                     .ellepro.e
                             Elle (editor) startup (text), elle(1)
                     .exrc   Ex/vi (editor) startup, ex(1)
                     .profile
                             Custom user shell profile, sh(1)
                     .rhosts Remote user permission file, rhosts(5)
                     ...

             bin/    User programs
                     cc      C compiler, cc(1)
                     cp      Copy files, cp(1)
                     ls      List files, ls(1)
                     man     Show manual pages, man(1)
                     ...

             etc/    More system data files, cf /etc (8)
                     ...

             include/
                     C-compiler include files
                     minix/  Minix kernel include files
                             ...
                     ...

             lib/    Compiler libraries and other support stuff
                     cawf/   Text formatter support files, cawf(1)


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                     crontab
                             Cron jobs, cron(8)
                     dict/   Word lists
                             words   American English word list, look(1)
                             ...
                     libc.a  C library (Minix-8086 only), cc(1)
                     arch    Per architecture compiler binaries and
                             libaries, cc(1)
                     ...

             local/  Local software, cf /usr/
                     bin/    Local utilities
                     man/    Local manual pages
                     src/    Local sources
                     ...

             man/    Manual pages, man(1)
                     cat*/   Preformatted manual pages
                     man0/   Section 0, Book style user commands
                     man1/   User commands
                     man2/   System calls
                     man3/   Library routines
                     man4/   Device files
                     man5/   File formats
                     man6/   Games
                     man7/   Miscellaneous
                     man8/   System utilities
                     whatis  Table of manual pages, whatis(5)
                     ...

             mdec/
                     boot    Bootstrap code, installboot(8)
                     ...

             preserve/
                     Saved elvis editor buffers, elvprsv(8), elvrec(1)

             spool/  Mail and command spooling
                     at/     At jobs, at(1)
                             past/   Completed at jobs
                     mail/   Mail drops, mail(1)
                             user    Mailbox of user
                             ...
                     ...

             src/    System and command sources (home of bin)
                     LICENSE
                             Minix license to use
                     commands/
                             Utility sources


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                     crclist
                             CRC checksums of the source tree, srccrc(8)
                     lib/    Library sources
                     fs/     File system
                     inet/   TCP/IP task
                     kernel/
                             Kernel
                     mm/     Memory manager
                     boot/   Boot Monitor
                     tools/  Kernel image making tools, tools(8)

             tmp/    Large temporary files

SEE ALSO
     ls(1), man(1), find(1), grep(1), checkhier(8).

NOTES
     Not all of the directories and files shown are  present.   They  must  be
     created as needed.

BUGS
     Many of the listed manual references do not yet exist.

AUTHOR
     Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)



























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