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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)
		 ...

	    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)

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