Basic Paths

Question 1

Not sure WTF this is.

NIS Maps

Answer 1

/var/yp/

Question 2

For me, the apps grow local around here.

Local executables and libraries. Also used as the default destination for the FreeBSD ports framework. Within /usr/local , the general layout sketched out by hier for /usr should be used. Exceptions are the man directory, which is directly under /usr/local rather than under /usr/local/share, and the ports documentation is in share/doc/port.

Answer 2

/usr/local/

Question 2

An oject by any other name…

Architecture-specific target tree produced by building the /usr/src tree.

Answer 2

**/usr/obj/ **

Question 3

Drat! Where are all those devices…

Device nodes.

Answer 3

/dev/

Question 3

The mail server quit working…

Configuration files for mail transport agents such as sendmail.

Answer 3

/etc/mail/

Question 3

No ordinary library…

Miscellaneous utility data files.

Answer 3

/usr/libdata/

Question 4

That external drive isn’t showing up any longer…

Empty directory commonly used by system administrators as a temporary mount point.

Answer 4

/mnt/

Question 5

Its a tar pit in here.

Archive libraries.

Answer 5

/usr/lib/

Question 6

I have deamons in my closet.

System daemons and system utilities executed by other programs.

Answer 6

/usr/libexec/

Question 8

Where it all starts…

Default boot configuration files.

Answer 8

/boot/default/

Question 11

Root beer you say?

The root directory of the file system.

Answer 11

/

Question 13

A bootstrap?

Programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap.

Answer 13

/boot/

Question 14

AH! My stdio.h lives here.

Standard C include files.

Answer 14

/usr/include/

Question 15

The source…

BSD and local source files.

Answer 15

/usr/src/

Question 15

A log isn’t just a log…

Miscellaneous system log files.

Answer 15

/var/log/

Question 17

Thats right home slice…that’s my files.

Home directory for the root account.

Answer 17

/root/

Question 17

AH! Make Install me here.

The FreeBSD Ports Collection (optional).

Answer 17

/usr/ports/

Question 17

My print jobs land here until printed.

Miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories.

Answer 17

/var/spool/

Question 18

Is it crashed again? Not BSD…

Statically linked programs for emergency recovery.

Answer 18

/rescue/

Question 19

I lived thru a reboot!

Temporary files which are usually preserved across a system reboot, unless /var is a memory-based file system.

Answer 19

/var/tmp/

Question 21

My apps…

The majority of user utilities and applications.

Answer 21

/usr/

Question 22

What utilities?

User utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments.

Answer 22

/bin/

Question 24

No worries, its only temporary…

Temporary files which are usually not preserved across a system reboot. A memory based file system is often mounted here.

Answer 24

/tmp/

Question 25

# Sometimes I'm alone on my own partition. Multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files. A memory-based file system is sometimes mounted here.

Answer 25

**/var/**

Question 26

# Even the Arm processor works. Architecture-independent files.

Answer 26

**/usr/share/**

Question 27

# It ran twice a day and no one knew it... Scripts that run daily, weekly, and monthly via cron.

Answer 27

**/etc/periodic/**

Question 28

# It is somewhere around here... Default system configuration files.

Answer 28

**/etc/conf/**

Question 29

# Old school mail boxes. User Mailbox files.

Answer 29

**/var/mail/**

Question 30

# Even system users have daemons in their closets... System daemons and system utilities executed by users.

Answer 30

**/usr/sbin/ **

Question 31

# Xcode would live here. Not. Common utilities, programming tools, and applications.

Answer 31

**/usr/bin/**

Question 32

# What process was that running again? Process file system.

Answer 32

**/proc/**

Question 33

# And you thought it was just extra files... System configuration files and scripts.

Answer 33

**/etc/**

Question 34

# Ah...I command thee. System programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments.

Answer 34

**/sbin/**