# hier(7)

## 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)
                 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)
                         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

                         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)