look in the linux-admins.HOWTO for full details, but...
proc -- special dir; contains non-existant files that contain system data,
try 'cat /proc/meminfo' for an example.
sbin -- system binaries; the programs that are important to the system.
usr -- dir that contains user files and dirs; here is a huge messy structure
that holds most if not all of your user related binaries and infos.
var -- various bits and pieces; not too familiar with this structure, but
here are lots of admin bits and system level info bits.
shlib -- i think this is systemv libraries; not sure at all, this answer
comes from the memory of a text i saw ages ago, so dont take it as gospel.
lib(also /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib) -- contains various libraries required
for building programs.
bin(also /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin) -- here are your binaries [programs].
there is more: includes, X11 stuff (there is a novel waiting to happen about
the structure of this set of dirs), and more...
hope this gets you started...
-ice9-
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob
> Sent: Monday, 24 August 1998 13:24
> To: newbie
> Subject: directory names
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>
> Hello, all
> I am the greenest novice of Linux. I just wonder what
> those default Unix
> directory names mean, such as: proc, sbin, usr, var, shlib,
> etc. Could
> anyone tell me ? TIA.
>
> Bob
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