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.\"" Modified Thu Jun 23 19:05:15 2011 by Vivek Prakash <vivekprakash@acm.org>
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.TH HIER 7 2011-06-23 "MINIX 3" "MINIX 3 Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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hier \- Description of the file system hierarchy
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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A tour through the MINIX 3 directory hierarchy.
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.TP
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.I /
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This is where the whole tree starts, and is called root.
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.I /bin/
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Contains the utility programs; see also \fB/sbin/\fP, \fB/usr/bin/\fP, \fB/usr/sbin\fP.
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.nf
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\fBcat\fP show files, \fBcat\fP(1)
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\fBcp\fP copy files and directories, \fBcp\fP(1)
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\fBmount\fP mount file systems, \fBmount\fP(1)
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\fBsh\fP shell
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.fi
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.TP
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.I /boot/
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Contains images and files which are needed during the boot process. See \fBmonitor\fP(8).
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.I /dev/
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Contains device, block, or other special files. See
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.BR mknod(2).
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.PP
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.nf
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\fBconsole\fP computer's console device, \fBtty\fP(4)
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\fBfd*\fP floppy disk, \fBfd\fP(4)
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\fBhd*\fP hard disk, \fBhd\fP(4)
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\fBnull\fP accetps and discards all input; produces no output
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\fBtty*\fP terminal device, \fBtty\fP(4)
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\fBzero\fP the zero device; produces null bytes
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.fi
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.I /etc/
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System configuration and data files; see also \fB/usr/etc/\fP.
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\fBethers\fP ethernet addresses database, \fBethers\fP(5)
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\fBfstab\fP filesystem table, \fBfstab\fP(5)
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\fBgroup\fP group permissions file
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\fBhostname.file\fP
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name of the local system, \fBusage\fP(5)
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\fBhosts\fP TCP/IP hosts database, \fBhosts\fP(5)
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\fBhosts.equiv\fP
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trusted remote users or hosts, \fBrhosts\fP(5)
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\fBinet.conf\fP
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internet server config file, \fBinet\fP(8)
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\fBkeymap\fP keymap for custom keyboard, \fBloadkeys\fP(1)
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\fBman.conf\fP
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configuration file for man(1), \fBman.conf\fP(5)
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\fBmotd\fP system message of the day, \fBlogin\fP(1)
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\fBmtab\fP mounted file system table, \fBfstab\fP(5)
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\fBpasswd\fP user database, \fBpasswd\fP(1)
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\fBprofile\fP system wide shell profile
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\fBrc\fP system startup script, \fBboot\fP(8)
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\fBresolv.conf\fP
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TCP/IP domain name system, \fBresolv.conf\fP(5)
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\fBservices\fP
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TCP/IP names to services
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\fBserv.access\fP
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internet service access control, \fBserv.access\fP(5)
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\fBshadow\fP shadow password database, \fBpasswd\fP(5)
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\fBtermcap\fP terminal type descriptions, \fBtermcap\fP(1)
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\fBttytab\fP terminals device table, \fBttytab\fP(5)
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\fButmp\fP user login database, \fButmp\fP(5)
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.fi
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.I /home/
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Contains home directories for users.
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\fBbin\fP home directory for user bin
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\fBast\fP Honorary home directory of Andrew S. Tanenbaum
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.I /mnt/
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Mount point for temporarily mounted file system.
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.I /proc/
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Mount point for the process file system, which provides information about running processes and the kernel.
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.I /root/
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This directory is the home directory for the root user.
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\fB.ashrc\fP ash (shell) startup configuration, \fBash\fP(1)
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\fB.ellepro.b1\fP
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elle (editor) startup configuration (compiled), \fBelle\fP(1)
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\fB.ellepro.e\fP
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elle (editor) startup configuration (text), \fBelle\fP(1)
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\fB.exrc\fP ex/vi (editor) startup configuration, \fBvim\fP(1)
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\fB.profile\fP
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login shell profile configuration
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\fB.rhosts\fP remote users permission file, \fBrhosts\fP(5)
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\fB.ssh/\fP contains user private keys, known_hosts and
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authorized_keys, \fBssh\fP(1)
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.fi
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.TP
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.I /sbin/
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Contains system programs and administrative utilites.
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.TP
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.I /tmp/
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Contains small, short-lived temporary files; see also \fB/usr/tmp/\fP.
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.I /usr/
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Contains source and majority of system utilities and files
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\fIadm/\fP Contains System administration files.
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\fBlastlog\fP last logins, \fBlogin\fP(1)
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\fBlog\fP default log file
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\fBold\fP last weeks log files
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\fBwtmp\fP user logins and logouts, \fBlogin\fP(1)
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\fB*.cache\fP cached data of some programs
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\fIast/\fP Contains user skeleton files.
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\fIbin/\fP Common user programs and utilities.
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\fBcc\fP MINIX 3 c compiler, \fBcc\fP(1)
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\fBman\fP show manual pages, \fBman\fP(1)
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\fIetc/\fP More system data files; see also \fB/etc\fP.
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\fBdaily\fP daily system cleanup
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\fBrc\fP continued system initialization, \fBboot\fP(8)
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\fIinclude/\fP
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Standard C include files.
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\fBarpa\fP include files for Internet service protocols
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\fBmachine\fP machine specific include files
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\fBminix\fP MINIX 3 kernel include files
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\fBnetinet\fP include files for Inernet standard protocols, see
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\fBinet\fP(8)
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\fBsys\fP system C include files.
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\fIlib/\fP Compiler libraries and other support files.
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\fBcawf/\fP text formatter support files, \fBcawf\fP(1)
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\fBcrontab\fP cron jobs, \fBcron\fP(8)
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\fBdict/\fP word lists
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\fBlibc.a\fP C library (Minix-8086 only), \fBcc\fP(1)
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\fBarch\fP per architecture compiler binaries and
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libaries, \fBcc\fP(1)
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\fIlocal/\fP
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Contains programs which are related to local softwares.
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\fBbin/\fP utilities for locally installed programs
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\fBetc/\fP local configuration and data files
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\fBrc\fP local system startup
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\fBman/\fP manual pages associated with local programs
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\fBsrc/\fP local sources
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\fIman/\fP Contains manual pages in subdirectories according to
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the man page sections. See \fBman\fP(1).
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\fBcat*/\fP preformatted manual pages
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\fBman0/\fP section 0, Book style user commands
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\fBman1/\fP user commands
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\fBman2/\fP system calls
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\fBman3/\fP library routines
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\fBman4/\fP device files
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\fBman5/\fP file formats
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\fBman6/\fP games
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\fBman7/\fP miscellaneous
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\fBman8/\fP system utilities
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\fBwhatis\fP table of manual pages, \fBwhatis\fP(5)
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\fImdec/\fP
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Contains binaries associated with various boot programs.
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\fBboot\fP bootstrap code, \fBinstallboot\fP(8)
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\fIpreserve/\fP
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Contains saved elvis editor buffers.
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See \fBelvprsv\fP(8), \fBelvrec\fP(1).
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\fIspool/\fP
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Contains spooled files for various commands and
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mail programs.
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\fBat/\fP spooled jobs for \fBat\fP(1)
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\fBat/past/\fP completed \fBat\fP(1) jobs
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\fBcrontabs/\fP spooled jobs for \fBcron\fP(8)
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\fBlpd/\fP spooled files for printing
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\fBmail/\fP mail drops, \fBmail\fP(1)
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\fBuser\fP mailbox of user
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\fIsrc/\fP Contains system and command source files.
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\fBLICENSE\fP MINIX 3 license to use
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\fBMakefile\fP targets for building and installing libraries,
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utilities and boot files
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\fBbenchmarks/\fP
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test programs for system and graphic tests
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\fBboot/\fP source files for boot monitor package
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\fBcommands/\fP source file for command utilities
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\fBcommon/\fP
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\fBinclude/\fP includes common to NetBSD and Minix
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\fBlib/\fP lib files common to NetBSD kernel and libc
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\fBcrclist\fP CRC checksums of the source tree, \fBsrccrc\fP(8)
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\fBdocs/\fP documents related to recent source changes
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\fBdrivers/\fP source files for various device drivers
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\fBetc/\fP source for files in /etc/
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\fBinclude/\fP standard C include source files
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\fBkernel/\fP kernel source files
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\fBlib/\fP source for libraries in /usr/lib/
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\fBman/\fP manual pages
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\fBservers/\fP source files for system servers
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\fBshare/\fP source for files in /usr/share/
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\fBtest/\fP source files for system test programs
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\fBtools/\fP kernel image making tools
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\fItmp/\fP Contains large, short lived temporary files.
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.fi
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR ls (1),
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.BR man (1),
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.BR find (1),
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.BR grep (1),
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.BR mount (1),
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.BR checkhier (8).
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.SH NOTES
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Not all of the directories and files shown are present. They must be
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created as needed.
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.SH BUGS
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Many of the listed manual references do not yet exist.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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