Editing Directory Structure

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==Introduction==

The Ghost/<q>FreeBSD directory hierarchy is fundamental to obtaining an overall understanding of the system. The most important directory is root or, “/”. This directory is the first one mounted at boot time and it contains the base system necessary to prepare the operating system for multi-user operation. The root directory also contains mount points for other file systems that are mounted during the transition to multi-user operation.</q> Source: [https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/dirstructure.html FreeBSD Handbook Chapter: 3.5. Directory Structure]

A mount point is a directory where additional file systems can be connected to a parent file system. This is further described in FreeBSD Handbook Section 3.6, [https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/disk-organization.html “Disk Organization”]. 

See also [[Standard Mount Points]].


==Directory Structure==

At the first step we have to copy the Directory Structure from [https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/dirstructure.html FreeBSD Handbook chapter: 3.5. Directory Structure] in the following table.
We use also [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&sektion=7&manpath=freebsd-release-ports hier(7)]. We also compare this structure with the installed on GhostBSD. From here we will get deeper.

{|class="wikitable" style="width:96.5%;background:#FFFFFF; border:2px solid #008000;text-align:left;padding: 10px" 
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! scope="col" style="width: 100px;"|'''Directory'''
! scope="col" style="width: 350px;"|'''Description'''
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|/	
|Root directory of the file system.
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|[[/bin/]]
|User utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments. Examples: cat; chflags; chmod; cp; csh; dd......
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|[[/boot/]]
|Programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap.
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|   /boot/defaults/	
|Default boot configuration files. Refer to [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader.conf&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports loader.conf(5)] for details.
|-
|/cdrom/	
|default mount point for CD-ROM drives
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|/compat/	
|normally a link to <code>/usr/compat</code>. If not, then the <code>/usr/compat</code> comments apply
|-
|/dev/	
|Device nodes. Refer to [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=intro&sektion=4&manpath=freebsd-release-ports intro(4)] for details. Device special files managed by	[https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=devfs&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports devfs(5)]
|-
|[[/etc/]]	
|System configuration files and scripts.
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|/home/
|is a link to <code>/usr/home</code> 
|-
|/include/
|new on GhostBSD without content
|-
|/lib/	
|critical system libraries needed for binaries in <code>/bin</code> and <code>/sbin</code>
|-
|/libdate/
|new on GhostBSD without content
|-
|/libexec/	
|critical system utilities needed for binaries in /bin and <code>/sbin</code>
|-
|/man/
|new on GhostBSD without content
|-
|/media/	
|contains subdirectories to be used as mount points for removable media such as CDs, USB drives, and floppy disks
|-
|/mnt/	
|Empty directory commonly used by system administrators as a temporary mount point.
|-
|/net/	
|automounted NFS shares; see [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=auto_master&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports auto_master(5)]

|-
|/proc/	
|Process file system. Refer to [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=procfs&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports procfs(5)], [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mount_procfs&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports mount_procfs(8)] for details.
|-
|/rescue/	
|Statically linked programs for emergency recovery as described in [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rescue&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports rescue(8)].
|-
|/root/	
|Home directory for the root account.
|-
|/sbin/	
|System programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments.
|-
|/share/
|new on GhostBSD without content
|-
|/tests/
|new on GhostBSD without content
|-
|/tmp/	
|Temporary files which are usually not preserved across a system reboot. A memory-based file system is often mounted at <code>/tmp</code>. This can be automated using the tmpmfs-related variables of [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=freebsd-release-ports rc.conf(5)] or with an entry in <code>/etc/fstab</code>; refer to [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mdmfs&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports mdmfs(8)] for details.
|-
|[[/usr/]]
|The majority of user utilities and applications.
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|/usr/bin/	
|Common utilities, programming tools, and applications.
|-
|/usr/include/	
|Standard C include files.
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|/usr/lib/	
|Archive libraries.
|-
|/usr/libdata/	
|Miscellaneous utility data files.
|-
|/usr/libexec/	
|System daemons and system utilities executed by other programs.
|-
|/usr/local/	
|Local executables and libraries. Also used as the default destination for the FreeBSD ports framework. Within <code>/usr/local</code>, the general layout sketched out by [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&sektion=7&manpath=freebsd-release-ports hier(7)] for <code>/usr</code> should be used. Exceptions are the man directory, which is directly under <code>/usr/local</code> rather than under <code>/usr/local/share</code>, and the ports documentation is in share/doc/port.
|-
|/usr/obj/	
|Architecture-specific target tree produced by building the <code>/usr/src</code> tree.
|-
|/usr/ports/	
|The FreeBSD Ports Collection (optional).
|-
|/usr/sbin/	
|System daemons and system utilities executed by users.
|-
|/usr/share/	
|Architecture-independent files.
|-
|/usr/src/	
|BSD and/or local source files.
|-
|[[/var/]]
|Multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files. A memory-based file system is sometimes mounted at <code>/var</code>. This can be automated using the varmfs-related variables in [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=freebsd-release-ports rc.conf(5)] or with an entry in <code>/etc/fstab</code>; refer to [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mdmfs&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-release-ports mdmfs(8)] for details.
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|/var/log/	
|Miscellaneous system log files.
|-
|/var/mail/	
|User mailbox files.
|-
|/var/spool/	
|Miscellaneous printer and mail system spooling directories.
|-
|/var/tmp/	
|Temporary files which are usually preserved across a system reboot, unless <code>/var</code> is a memory-based file system.
|-
|/var/yp/	
|NIS maps.
|-
|/www/
|new on GhostBSD without content
|-
|file: /COPYRIGHT
|opyright (c) 1992-2019 The FreeBSD Project.

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