Unix filesystem: Difference between revisions

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:* '''/bin''' -- Stands for "[[computer program|binaries]]"; Contains some fundamental utilities needed by system administrators and regular users alike. As a failsafe, these were placed in a separate directory so that they could be placed on a separate [[disk]] or [[disk partition]] in case the main drive failed. Numerous commonly used utilities, such as "ls", which lists files, usually reside there.

:* '''/binsbin''' -- Stands for "[[computer program|system (or "superuser") binaries]]"; Contains fundamental utilities and system executables that need to be accessible in order to start the system or recover it in case of hard drive failure. Important programs, such as "init", which starts the system and maintains terminals and background processes, are stored here.

:* '''/etc''' -- Contains configuration files and some system databases.