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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)
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)
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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)
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libc.a C library (Minix-8086 only), cc(1)
arch Per architecture compiler binaries and
libaries, cc(1)
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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)
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mdec/
boot Bootstrap code, installboot(8)
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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)
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