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Description
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Directory
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The
/
character represents the root directory of the Linux system. All directories
are below
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/
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The
/bin
directory contains binary commands that are available to all users
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/bin
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The
/boot
directory contains the kernel and bootloader files
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/boot
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The
/dev
directory contains device files that represent the devices used by the
system, such as a hard drive
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/dev
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The
/etc
directory contains configuration
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/etc
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The
/home
directory contains by default the user home directories.
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/home
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The
/lib
directory contains shared program libraries and kernel modules.
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/lib
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The
/media
directory contains the /cdrom
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/media
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/mnt
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The
/root
directory is the root user's home directory
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/root
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The
/sbin
directory contains system commands
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/sbin
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The
/srv
directory contains files for services such as http,ftp
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/srv
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The /sys directory
contains the sysfs
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/sys
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The
/tmp
directory contains temporary files
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/tmp
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The
/usr
directory contains system commands and utilities
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/usr
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Variable data such
like Log Files
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/var
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