Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

storage, standard (FHS) A standard designed to be used by

Unix distribution developers, package developers, and

system implementors.

FHS consists of a set of requirements and guidelines for

file and directory placement under UNIX-like operatingsystems.

The guidelines are intended to support interoperability of

applications, system administration tools, development tools,

and scripts. These systems should also be supported with

greater documentation uniformity.

The standard is primarily intended to be a reference and is

not a tutorial on how to manage a Unix filesystem or directory

hierarchy.

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