Unix Filesystem Hierarchy (thing)

Linux (and Unix, and whatever the fuck else; I don't care) has a bad ass filesystem. Why? It was put together extremely intelligently. The directory structure follows (or at one time did follow) the Linux File System Standard (FSSTND). Because of the variations that exist from distribution to distribution, I have used the Red Hat version of the filesystem to document the directories here.

These directories make up the basis of a Linux filesystem:

• /bin
• /sbin
• /boot
• /etc
• /dev
• /lib
• /mnt
• /var:
  • /var/account
  • /var/lock
  • /var/log
  • /var/mail
  • /var/opt
  • /var/run
  • /var/spool
  • /var/tmp
• /home
• /opt
• /tmp
• /usr
• /root