Linux Filesystem Hierarchy

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Environment

SUSE Linux
Linux Standard Base (LSB)

Situation

How are files organised in the Linux filesystem?
Where are, or where can I find, files

System
Executable
Boot
Temporary
Add-on
Configuration
Log
Driver
Init
Personal
Device

What do the various directories contain?
In which directories should files be stored?
What do all these directories mean?

/ (The Root Directory)
/bin
/boot
/dev
/etc
/home
/initrd
/lib
/lost+found
/media
/mnt
/opt
/proc
/root
/sbin
/usr
/var
/srv
/tmp

Resolution

Refer to the man pages:

man hier

or The Linux Documentation Project:

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/index.html

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Document ID:7004448
Creation Date: 16-Sep-2009
Modified Date:03-Mar-2020
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server