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In [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s, the '''Unix directory structure''' is a convention for [[filesystem]] layout.
 
Several attempts exist to standardize the Unix filesystem layout, such as the "[[Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]],"<ref name="Filesystem Hierarchy Standard">{{cite web |url=http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ |title=Filesystem Hierarchy Standard |accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref> however, it is targeted primarily at [[Linux]]. Also, as part of the "[[Linux Standards Base]]", a common filesystem layout is defined, to encourage interoperability among different Linux distributions.<ref name="Linux Standards Base">{{cite web |url=http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/LSB |title=Linux Standards Base |accessdate=2007-07-25}}</ref>
 
What follows is a generalized overview of common locations of files in a Unix operating system: