Check the linux file heirarchy standard docs.  I believe its on sunsite
under /pub/Linux/docs/fhs/fhs-2.0.tar.gz.  Gives explanation..

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On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, =?ISO-8859-1?Q? H=F6r=F0ur?= M. =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Har=F0arson ?= 
wrote:

> I'm looking for info on the directory structure on UNIX systems. Why are
> the basic directories called these names (/usr, /pub, /etc, /var, /home
> etc. etc.) and what are they supposed to contain?
> 
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