SunOS man pages : filesystem (5)
Standards, Environments, and Macros filesystem(5)
NAME
filesystem - file system organization
SYNOPSIS
/
/usr
DESCRIPTION
The file system tree is organized for administrative con-
venience. Distinct areas within the file system tree are
provided for files that are private to one machine, files
that can be shared by multiple machines of a common plat-
form, files that can be shared by all machines, and home
directories. This organization allows sharable files to be
stored on one machine but accessed by many machines using a
remote file access mechanism such as NFS. Grouping together
similar files makes the file system tree easier to upgrade
and manage.
The file system tree consists of a root file system and a
collection of mountable file systems. The mount(2) program
attaches mountable file systems to the file system tree at
mount points (directory entries) in the root file system or
other previously mounted file systems. Two file systems, /
(the root) and /usr, must be mounted in order to have a com-
pletely functional system. The root file system is mounted
automatically by the kernel at boot time; the /usr file sys-
tem is mounted by the system start-up script, which is run
as part of the booting process.
Certain locations, noted below, are approved installation
locations for bundled Foundation Solaris software. In some
cases, the approved locations for bundled software are also
approved locations for add-on system software or for appli-
cations. The following descriptions make clear where the two
locations differ. For example, /etc is the installation
location for platform-dependent configuration files that are
bundled with Solaris software. The analogous location for
applications is /etc/opt/packagename.
In the following descriptions, subsystem is a category of
application or system software, such as a window system (dt)
or a language (java1.2)
The following descriptions make use of the terms platform,
platform-dependent, platform-independent, and
platform-specific. Platform refers to a machines Instruction
Set Architecture or processor type, such as is returned by
uname -i. Platform-dependent refers to a file that is
installed on all platforms and whose contents vary depending
on the platform. Like a platform-dependent file, a
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platform-independent file is installed on all platforms.
However, the contents of the latter type remains the same on
all platforms. An example of a platform-dependent file is
compiled, executable program. An example of a
platform-independent file is a standard configuration file,
such as /etc/hosts. Unlike a platform-dependent or a
platform-independent file, the platform-specific file is
installed only on a subset of supported platforms. Most
platform-specific files are gathered under /platform and
/usr/platform.
Root File System
The root file system contains files that are unique to each
machine. It contains the following directories:
/dev Primary location for special files. Typically, device
files are built to match the kernel and hardware con-
figuration of the machine.
/dev/cfg
Symbolic links to physical ap_ids.
/dev/cua
Device files for uucp.
/dev/dsk
Block disk devices.
/dev/fbs
Frame buffer device files.
/dev/fd
File descriptors.
/dev/md
Logical volume management meta-disk devices.
/dev/pts
Pseudo-terminal devices.
/dev/rdsk
Raw disk devices.
/dev/rmt
Raw tape devices.
/dev/sad
Entry points for the STREAMS Administrative driver.
/dev/sound
Audio device and audio device control files.
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/dev/swap
Default swap device.
/dev/term
Terminal devices.
/etc Platform-dependent administrative and configuration
files and databases that are not shared among systems.
/etc may be viewed as the directory that defines the
machine's identity. An approved installation location
for bundled Solaris software. The analogous location
for add-on system software or for applications is
/etc/opt/packagename.
/etc/acct
Accounting system configuration information.
/etc/cron.d
Configuration information for cron(1M).
/etc/default
Defaults information for various programs.
/etc/dfs
Configuration information for shared file systems.
/etc/dhcp
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) configura-
tion files.
/etc/dmi
Solstice Enterprise Agents configuration files.
/etc/fn
Federated Naming Service and X.500 support files.
/etc/fs
Binaries organized by file system types for operations
required before /usr is mounted.
/etc/gss
Generic Security Service (GSS) Application Program
Interface configuration files.
/etc/inet
Configuration files for Internet services.
/etc/init.d
Shell scripts for transitioning between run levels.
/etc/lib
Shared libraries needed during booting.
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/etc/lp
Configuration information for the printer subsystem.
/etc/llc2
Logical link control (llc2) driver configuration
files.
/etc/lp
Configuration information for the printer subsystem.
/etc/mail
Mail subsystem configuration.
/etc/net
Configuration information for transport independent
network services.
/etc/nfs
NFS server logging configuration file.
/etc/opt
Configuration information for optional packages.
/etc/openwin
OpenWindows configuration files.
/etc/rc0.d
Scripts for entering or leaving run level 0. See
init(1M).
/etc/rc1.d
Scripts for entering or leaving run level 1. See
init(1M).
/etc/rc2.d
Scripts for entering or leaving run level 2. See
init(1M).
/etc/rc3.d
Scripts for entering or leaving run level 3. See
init(1M).
/etc/rcS.d
Scripts for bringing the system up in single user
mode.
/etc/rpcsec
This directory might contain an NIS+ authentication
configuration file.
/etc/saf
Service Access Facility files.
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/etc/security
Basic Security Module (BSM) configuration files.
/etc/skel
Default profile scripts for new user accounts. See
useradd(1M).
/etc/subsystem
Platform-dependent subsystem configuration files that
are not shared among systems. An approved installation
location for bundled Solaris software. The analogous
location for add-on system software or for applica-
tions is /etc/opt/packagename.
/etc/tm
Trademark files; contents displayed at boot time.
/etc/uucp
UUCP configuration information. See uucp(1C).
/etc/volatile
Non-permanent, temporary files created by the system.
An approved installation location for bundled Solaris
software and for add-on system software.
/export
Default root of the shared file system tree.
/home Default root of a subtree for user directories.
/kernel
Subtree of platform-dependent loadable kernel modules
required as part of the boot process. It includes
the generic part of the core kernel that is
platform-independent, /kernel/genunix. See kernel(1M)
An approved installation location for bundled Solaris
software and for add-on system software.
/kernel/drv
32-bit device drivers.
/kernel/drv/sparcv9
64-bit SPARC device drivers.
/kernel/genunix
Platform-independent kernel.
/kernel/subsystem/ia64
64-bit Intel IA64 platform-dependent modules required
for boot. An approved installation location for bun-
dled Solaris software and for add-on system software.
Note that ia64 is an example name; the actual name
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might be different.
/kernel/subsystem/sparcv9
64-bit SPARC platform-dependent modules required for
boot. An approved installation location for bundled
Solaris software and for add-on system software.
/mnt Default temporary mount point for file systems. This
is an empty directory on which file systems can be
temporarily mounted.
/opt Root of a subtree for add-on application packages.
/platform
Subtree of platform-specific objects which need to
reside on the root filesystem. It contains a series
of directories, one per supported platform. The
semantics of the series of directories is equivalent
to / (root).
/platform/`uname -i`/kernel
Platform-specific modules required for boot. These
modules have semantics equivalent to /kernel. It
includes the file unix, the core kernel. See
kernel(1M). An approved installation location for
bundled Solaris software and for add-on system
software.
/platform/`uname -m`/kernel
Hardware class-specific modules required for boot. An
approved installation location for bundled Solaris
software and for add-on system software.
/platform/`uname -i`/kernel/subsystem/ia64
Intel 64-bit, platform-dependent modules required for
boot. Note that ia64 is an example name; the actual
name might be different. An approved installation
location for bundled Solaris software.
/platform/`uname -i`/kernel/subsystem/sparcv9
SPARC 64-bit platform-specific modules required for
boot. An approved installation location for bundled
Solaris software.
/platform/`uname -i`/kernel/sparcv9/unix
64-bit platform-dependent kernel.
/platform/`uname -i`/kernel/unix
32-bit platform-dependent kernel.
/platform/`uname -i`/lib
Platform-specific shared objects required for boot.
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Semantics are equivalent to /lib. An approved instal-
lation location for bundled Solaris software and for
add-on system software.
/platform/`uname -i`/sbin
Platform-specific administrative utilities required
for boot. Semantics are equivalent to /sbin. An
approved installation location for bundled Solaris
software and for add-on system software.
/proc Root of a subtree for the process file system.
/sbin Essential executables used in the booting process and
in manual system recovery. The full complement of
utilities is available only after /usr is mounted.
/sbin is an approved installation location for bundled
Solaris software.
/tmp Temporary files; cleared during the boot operation.
/usr Mount point for the /usr file system. See description
of /usr file system, below.
/var Root of a subtree for varying files. Varying files are
files that are unique to a machine but that can grow
to an arbitrary (that is, variable) size. An example
is a log file. An approved installation location for
bundled Solaris software. The analogous location for
add-on system software or for applications is
/var/opt/packagename.
/var/adm
System logging and accounting files.
/var/audit
Basic Security Module (BSM) audit files.
/var/crash
Default depository for kernel crash dumps.
/var/cron
Log files for cron(1M).
/var/dmi
Solstice Enterprise Agents (SEA) Desktop Management
Interface (DMI) run-time components.
/var/dt
dtlogin configuration files.
/var/ftp
FTP server directory.
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/var/inet
IPv6 router state files.
/var/log
System log files.
/var/lp
Line printer subsystem logging information.
/var/mail
Directory where users' mail is kept.
/var/news
Community service messages. This is not the same as
USENET-style news.
/var/nfs
NFS server log files.
/var/nis
NIS+ databases.
/var/ntp
Network Time Protocol (NTP) server state directory.
/var/opt
Root of a subtree for varying files associated with
optional software packages. An approved installation
location for add-on system software and applications.
/var/preserve
Backup files for vi(1) and ex(1).
/var/run
Temporary files which are not needed across reboots.
Only root may modify the contents of this directory.
/var/sadm
Databases maintained by the software package manage-
ment utilities.
/var/sadm/system/logs
Status log files produced by software management func-
tions and/or applications. For example, log files pro-
duced for product installation. An approved installa-
tion location for bundled Solaris software and for
add-on system software and applications.
/var/saf
Service access facility logging and accounting files.
/var/spool
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Contains directories for files used in printer spool-
ing, mail delivery, cron(1M), at(1), and so forth.
/var/spool/cron
cron(1M) and at(1) spooling files.
/var/spool/locks
Spooling lock files.
/var/spool/lp
Line printer spool files. See lp(1).
/var/spool/mqueue
Mail queued for delivery.
/var/spool/pkg
Spooled packages.
/var/spool/uucp
Queued uucp(1C) jobs.
/var/spool/uucppublic
Files deposited by uucp(1C).
/var/statmon
Network status monitor files.
/var/tmp
Files that vary in size or presence during normal sys-
tem operations. This directory is not cleared during
the boot operation. An approved installation location
for bundled Solaris software and for add-on system
software and applications.
/var/uucp
uucp(1C) log and status files.
/var/yp
Databases needed for backwards compatibility with NIS
and ypbind(1M); unnecessary after full transition to
NIS+.
/usr File System
Because it is desirable to keep the root file system small
and not volatile, on disk-based systems larger file systems
are often mounted on /home, /opt, /usr, and /var.
The file system mounted on /usr contains platform-dependent
and platform-independent sharable files. The subtree rooted
at /usr/share contains platform-independent sharable files;
the rest of the /usr tree contains platform-dependent files.
By mounting a common remote file system, a group of machines
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with a common platform may share a single /usr file system.
A single /usr/share file system can be shared by machines of
any platform. A machine acting as a file server can share
many different /usr file systems to support several dif-
ferent architectures and operating system releases. Clients
usually mount /usr read-only so that they do not acciden-
tally change any shared files.
The /usr file system contains the following subdirectories:
/usr/4lib
a.out libraries for the Binary Compatibility Package.
See the Binary Compatibility Guide.
/usr/5bin
Symbolic link to the /usr/bin directory.
/usr/X
Symbolic link to the /usr/openwin directory.
/usr/adm
Symbolic link to the /var/adm directory.
/usr/aset
Directory for Automated Security Enhancement Tools
(ASET) programs and files.
/usr/bin
Platform-dependent, user-invoked executables. These
are commands users expect to be run as part of their
normal $PATH. For executables that are different on a
64-bit system than on a 32-bit system, a wrapper that
selects the appropriate executable is placed here.
See isaexec(3C). An approved installation location
for bundled Solaris software. The analogous location
for add-on system software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/bin.
/usr/bin/ia64
Intel 64-bit, platform-dependent, user-invoked execut-
ables. Note that ia64 is an example name; the actual
name might be different. This directory should not be
part of a user's $PATH. A wrapper in /usr/bin should
invoke the executable in this directory. See
isaexec(3C). An approved installation location for
bundled Solaris software. The analogous location for
add-on system software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/bin/ia64.
/usr/bin/sparcv9
SPARC 64-bit, platform-dependent, user-invoked execut-
ables. This directory should not be part of a user's
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$PATH. A wrapper in /usr/bin should invoke the execut-
able in this directory. See isaexec(3C). An approved
installation location for bundled Solaris software.
The analogous location for add-on system software or
for applications is /opt/packagename/bin/sparcv9.
/usr/bin/subsystem
Platform-dependent user-invoked executables that are
associated with subsystem. These are commands users
expect to be run as part of their normal $PATH. An
approved installation location for bundled Solaris
software. The analogous location for add-on system
software or for applications is /opt/packagename/bin.
/usr/bin/subsystem/ia64
Intel 64-bit, platform-dependent, user-invoked execut-
ables. Note that ia64 is an example name; the actual
name might be different. This directory should not be
part of a user's $PATH. A wrapper in /usr/bin should
invoke the executable in this directory. See
isaexec(3C). An approved installation location for
bundled Solaris software. The analogous location for
add-on system software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/bin/ia64.
/usr/bin/subsystem/sparcv9
SPARC 64-bit, platform-dependent, user-invoked execut-
ables. This directory should not be part of a user's
$PATH. A wrapper in /usr/bin should invoke the execut-
able in this directory. See isaexec(3C). An approved
installation location for bundled Solaris software.
The analogous location for add-on system software or
for applications is /opt/packagename/bin/sparcv9.
/usr/subsystem/bin
Platform-dependent user-invoked executables that are
associated with subsystem. These are commands users
expect to be run as part of their normal $PATH. An
approved installation location for bundled Solaris
software.
The analogous location for add-on system software or
for applications is /opt/packagename/bin.
/usr/subsystem/bin/ia64
Intel 64-bit, platform-dependent, user-invoked execut-
ables. Note that ia64 is an example name; the actual
name might be different. This directory should not be
part of a user's $PATH. A wrapper in /usr/bin should
invoke the executable in this directory. See
isaexec(3C). An approved installation location for
bundled Solaris software. The analogous location for
add-on system software or for applications is
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/opt/packagename/bin/ia64.
/usr/subsystem/bin/sparcv9
SPARC 64-bit, platform-dependent, user-invoked execut-
ables. This directory should not be part of a user's
$PATH. A wrapper in /usr/bin should invoke the execut-
able in this directory. See isaexec(3C). An approved
installation location for bundled Solaris software.
The analogous location for add-on system software or
for applications is /opt/packagename/bin/sparcv9.
/usr/ccs
C compilation system.
/usr/ccs/bin
C compilation commands and system utilities.
/usr/ccs/lib
Symbolic link to /usr/lib.
/usr/demo
Demo programs and data.
/usr/dict
Symbolic link to the /usr/share/lib/dict directory,
which contains the dictionary file used by the UNIX
spell program.
/usr/dt
root of a subtree for CDE software.
/usr/dt/bin
Primary location for CDE system utilities.
/usr/dt/include
Header files for CDE software.
/usr/dt/lib
Libraries for CDE software.
/usr/dt/man
On-line reference manual pages for CDE software.
/usr/games
An empty directory, a remnant of the SunOS 4.0/4.1
software.
/usr/include
Include headers (for C programs).
/usr/java*
Directories containing Java programs and libraries.
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/usr/kernel
Subtree of platform-dependent loadable kernel modules,
not needed in the root filesystem. An approved instal-
lation location for bundled Solaris software.
/usr/kvm
A mount point, retained for backward compatibility,
that formerly contained platform-specific binaries and
libraries.
/usr/lib
Platform-dependent libraries, various databases, com-
mands and daemons not invoked directly by a human
user. An approved installation location for bundled
Solaris software. The analogous location for add-on
system software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/lib.
/usr/lib/64
Symbolic link to the most portable 64-bit Solaris
interfaces.
/usr/lib/acct
Accounting scripts and binaries. See acct(1M).
/usr/lib/class
Scheduling-class-specific directories containing exe-
cutables for priocntl(1) and dispadmin(1M).
/usr/lib/dict
Database files for spell(1).
/usr/lib/font
troff(1) font description files.
/usr/lib/fs
File system type dependent modules; generally not
intended to be invoked directly by the user.
/usr/lib/ia64
Intel 64-bit, platform-dependent libraries, various
databases, commands and daemons not invoked directly
by a human user. Note that ia64 is an example name;
the actual name might be different. An approved ins-
tallation location for bundled Solaris software. The
analogous location for add-on system software or for
applications is /opt/packagename/lib/ia64.
/usr/lib/iconv
Conversion tables for iconv(1).
/usr/lib/libp
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Profiled libraries.
/usr/lib/locale
Localization databases.
/usr/lib/lp
Line printer subsystem databases and back-end execut-
ables.
/usr/lib/mail
Auxiliary programs for the mail(1) subsystem.
/usr/lib/netsvc
Internet network services.
/usr/lib/nfs
Auxiliary NFS-related programs and daemons.
/usr/lib/pics
Position Independent Code (PIC) archives needed to
rebuild the run-time linker.
/usr/lib/refer
Auxiliary programs for refer(1).
/usr/lib/sa
Scripts and commands for the system activity report
package. See sar(1).
/usr/lib/saf
Auxiliary programs and daemons related to the service
access facility.
/usr/lib/sparcv9
SPARC 64-bit, platform-dependent libraries, various
databases, commands and daemons not invoked directly
by a human user. An approved installation location for
bundled Solaris software. The analogous location for
add-on system software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/lib/sparcv9.
/usr/lib/spell
Auxiliary programs and databases for spell(1). This
directory is only present when the Binary Compatibil-
ity Package is installed.
/usr/lib/uucp
Auxiliary programs and daemons for uucp(1C).
/usr/lib/subsystem
Platform-dependent libraries, various databases, com-
mands and daemons that are associated with subsystem
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and that are not invoked directly by a human user. An
approved installation location for bundled Solaris
software. The analogous location for add-on system
software or for applications is /opt/packagename/lib.
/usr/lib/subsystem/ia64
Intel 64-bit, platform-dependent libraries, various
databases, commands and daemons that are associated
with subsystem and that are not invoked directly by a
human user. Note that ia64 is an example name; the
actual name might be different. An approved installa-
tion location for bundled Solaris software. The
analogous location for add-on system software or for
applications is /opt/packagename/lib/ia64.
/usr/lib/subsystem/sparcv9
SPARC 64-bit, platform-dependent libraries, various
databases, commands and daemons that are associated
with subsystem and that are not invoked directly by a
human user. An approved installation location for
bundled Solaris software. The analogous location for
add-on system software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/lib/sparcv9.
/usr/subsystem/lib
Platform-dependent libraries, various databases, com-
mands and daemons not invoked directly by a human
user. An approved installation location for bundled
Solaris software. The analogous location for add-on
system software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/lib.
/usr/subsystem/lib/ia64
Intel 64-bit, platform-dependent libraries, various
databases, commands and daemons that are associated
with subsystem and that are not invoked directly by a
human user. Note that ia64 is an example name; the
actual name might be different. An approved installa-
tion location for bundled Solaris software. The
analogous location for add-on system software or for
applications is /opt/packagename/lib/ia64.
/usr/subsystem/lib/sparcv9
SPARC 64-bit, platform-dependent libraries, various
databases, commands and daemons that are associated
with subsystem and that are not invoked directly by a
human user. An approved installation location for
bundled Solaris software. The analogous location for
add-on system software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/lib/sparcv9.
/usr/local
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Commands local to a site.
/usr/mail
Symbolic link to the /var/mail directory.
/usr/man
Symbolic link to the /usr/share/man directory.
/usr/net/servers
Entry points for foreign name service requests relayed
using the network listener. See listen(1M).
/usr/news
Symbolic link to the /var/news directory.
/usr/oasys
Commands and files related to the Form and Menu
Language Interpreter (FMLI) execution environment. See
face(1).
/usr/old
Programs that are being phased out.
/usr/openwin
Installation or mount point for the OpenWindows
software.
/usr/perl5
Perl 5 programs and documentation
/usr/platform
Subtree of platform-specific objects which does not
need to reside on the root filesystem. It contains a
series of directories, one per supported platform.
The semantics of the series of directories is
equivalent to /platform, except for subdirectories
which do not provide utility under one or the other
(for example, /platform/include is not needed).
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/include
Platform-specific system (sys, vm) header files with
semantics equivalent to /usr/include. An approved ins-
tallation location for bundled Solaris software and
for add-on system software.
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/kernel
Platform-specific modules with semantics equivalent to
/usr/kernel. An approved installation location for
bundled Solaris software and for add-on system
software.
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib
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Platform-specific daemon and shared objects with
semantics equivalent to /usr/lib. An approved instal-
lation location for bundled Solaris software and for
add-on system software.
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/ia64
Intel IA64 64-bit, platform-specific daemon and shared
objects. Note that ia64 is an example name; the
actual name might be different. An approved installa-
tion location for bundled Solaris software and for
add-on system software.
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/sparcv9
SPARC 64-bit, platform-specific daemon and shared
objects. An approved installation location for bundled
Solaris software and for add-on system software.
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/[s]mannum
Where num can be one of 3x, 1m, 4, 7d, or 9e.
Platform-specific system manual pages for documenting
platform-specific, shared objects, administration
utilities, configuration files, special files/modules,
and header files. An approved installation location
for bundled Solaris software and for add-on system
software.
/usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin
Platform-specific system administration utilities with
semantics equivalent to /usr/sbin. An approved instal-
lation location for bundled Solaris software and for
add-on system software.
/usr/preserve
Symbolic link to the /var/preserve directory.
/usr/proc
Directory for the proc tools.
/usr/proc/bin
Contains links to SPARC Version 8 binaries in
/usr/bin.
/usr/pub
Files for online man page and character processing.
/usr/sadm
System administration files and directories.
/usr/sadm/bin
Binaries for the Form and Menu Language Interpreter
(FMLI) scripts. See fmli(1).
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/usr/sadm/install
Executables and scripts for package management.
/usr/sbin
Platform-dependent executables for system administra-
tion, expected to be run only by system administra-
tors. An approved installation location for bundled
Solaris software. The analogous location for add-on
system software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/sbin.
/usr/sbin/subsystem
Platform-dependent executables for system administra-
tion, expected to be run only by system administra-
tors, and associated with subsystem. An approved ins-
tallation location for bundled Solaris software. The
analogous location for add-on system software or for
applications is /opt/packagename/sbin.
/usr/subsystem/sbin
Platform-dependent executables for system administra-
tion, expected to be run only by system administra-
tors, and associated with subsystem. An approved ins-
tallation location for bundled Solaris software. The
analogous location for add-on system software or for
applications is /opt/packagename/sbin.
/usr/sbin/static
Statically linked version of selected programs from
/usr/bin and /usr/sbin. These are used to recover from
broken dynamic linking and before all pieces necessary
for dynamic linking are present.
/usr/share
Platform-independent sharable files. An approved ins-
tallation location for bundled Solaris software.
/usr/share/lib
Platform-independent sharable databases. An approved
installation location for bundled Solaris software.
/usr/share/lib/dict
Contains word list for spell(1).
/usr/share/lib/keytables
Keyboard layout description tables.
/usr/share/lib/mailx
Help files for mailx(1).
/usr/share/lib/nterm
nroff(1) terminal tables.
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/usr/share/lib/pub
Character set data files.
/usr/share/lib/tabset
Tab setting escape sequences.
/usr/share/lib/terminfo
Terminal description files for terminfo(4).
/usr/share/lib/tmac
Macro packages and related files for text processing
tools, for example, nroff(1) and troff(1).
/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo
Time zone information.
/usr/share/[s]man
Platform-independent sharable manual pages. An
approved installation location for bundled Solaris
software. The analogous location for add-on system
software or for applications is
/opt/packagename/[s]man.
/usr/share/src
Source code for kernel, utilities, and libraries.
/usr/snadm
Files related to system and network administration..
/usr/spool
Symbolic link to the /var/spool directory.
/usr/src
Symbolic link to the /usr/share/src directory.
/usr/tmp
Symbolic link to the var/tmp directory.
/usr/ucb
Berkeley compatibility package binaries. See Source
Compatibility Guide
/usr/ucbinclude
Berkeley compatibility package headers.
/usr/ucblib
Berkeley compatibility package libraries.
/usr/vmsys
Commands and files related to the Framed Access Com-
mand Environment (FACE) programs. See face(1).
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Standards, Environments, and Macros filesystem(5)
/usr/xpg4
Directory for POSIX-compliant utilities.
SEE ALSO
at(1), ex(1), face(1), fmli(1), iconv(1), lp(1), isainfo(1),
mail(1), mailx(1), nroff(1), priocntl(1), refer(1), sar(1),
sh(1), spell(1), troff(1), uname(1), uucp(1C), vi(1),
acct(1M), cron(1M), dispadmin(1M), fsck(1M), init(1M),
kernel(1M), mknod(1M), mount(1M), useradd(1M), ypbind(1M),
mount(2), intro(4), terminfo(4)
Binary Compatibility Guide Source Compatibility Guide
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