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Linux Directory Structure - FHS (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by sag@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

immuatables be all about /var

[–] neo@lemmy.hacktheplanet.be 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

NixOS enters the room wearing a “/nix/store” t-shirt.

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[–] orangeboats@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For many systems out there, /bin and /lib are no longer a thing. Instead, they are just a link to /usr/bin and /usr/lib. And for some systems even /sbin has been merged with /bin (in turn linked to /usr/bin).

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[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

/bin confused me for a while because I thought it meant 'this stuff is trash, don't worry about it'.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Linux file system is ext* tho.

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 4 points 11 months ago

If my /bin contains exe files, something has gone very wrong somewhere...

Also, all these infographics are a sad casualty of the /usr/bin merge.

[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Why is /mnt a "temporary" mounting point? I alwags put my permanent ones there. I'd say /media is temporary...

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[–] michdavelz@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is it just me, or are the definitions for /sys and /proc mixed up?

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Nah, it's just that /proc is incorrect - it contains information about running processes, as well as kernel data structures as visible by the process reading them.

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[–] amw3i7dwgoblinlabs@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

huh... an exe in my /bin ?

sus...

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

reminded me of this picture

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[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

wow i have needed this forever and im printing it and pinning it to my wall

[–] jeffhykin@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Distros should ship with this this under /readme.jpg

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