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authorchris <chris@FreeBSD.org>2001-01-13 18:38:00 +0000
committerchris <chris@FreeBSD.org>2001-01-13 18:38:00 +0000
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o Clear up explanations of various entries (includes spelling, grammar,
punctuation, and explanations that are just plain wrong) o Add missing entries o Remove entries for directories that do not exist Submitted by: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> (for the most part)
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man7/hier.7140
1 files changed, 87 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/hier.7 b/share/man/man7/hier.7
index 8bc817e..7750fea 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/hier.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/hier.7
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ scripts that are run daily, weekly, and monthly, via
see
.Xr periodic 8
.It Li ppp/
-.Xr ppp 8
ppp configuration files;
see
.Xr ppp 8
@@ -140,10 +139,7 @@ fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments
.It Li /stand/
programs used in a standalone environment
.It Li /tmp/
-temporary files, usually a
-.Xr mfs 8
-memory-based filesystem (the contents
-of /tmp are usually NOT preserved across a system reboot)
+temporary files
.It Li /usr/
contains the majority of user utilities and applications
.Pp
@@ -165,8 +161,15 @@ C include files for the Common Access Methods Layer
The SCSI device on top of CAM
.El
.It Li dev/
+C include files for programming various
+.Fx
+devices
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
-.It usb/
+.It Li ppbus/
+The parallel port bus;
+see
+.Xr ppbus 4
+.It Li usb/
The USB subsystem
.El
.It Li g++/
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ C include files for kerberos authentication package;
see
.Xr kerberos 1
.It Li machine/
-machine specific C include files
+machine-specific C include files
.It Li msdosfs/
MS-DOS file system
.It Li net/
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@ see
.It Li protocols/
C include files for Berkeley service protocols
.It Li readline/
-get a line from a user with editing;
+get a line from a user, with editing;
see
.Xr readline 3
.It Li rpc/
@@ -239,8 +242,8 @@ remote procedure calls;
see
.Xr rpc 3
.It Li rpcsvc/
-defintion of RPC service structures; see
-.Xr rpc 3 .
+definition of RPC service structures; see
+.Xr rpc 3
.It Li security/
PAM; see
.Xr pam 8
@@ -294,14 +297,26 @@ a.out backward compatibility libraries
.It Li libdata/
misc. utility data files
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
+.It Li doscmd/
+files used by doscmd (drivers, fonts, etc.);
+see
+.Xr doscmd 1
+.Bl -tag -width 6n -compact
+.It Li fonts/
+fonts used by doscmd
+.El
.It Li gcc/
???
+.It Li ldscripts/
+linker scripts;
+see
+.Xr ld 1
.It Li lint/
various prebuilt lint libraries;
see
.Xr lint 1
.It Li msdosfs/
-Chatacter set conversion tables
+Character set conversion tables
.It Li perl/
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Li 5.00503/
@@ -310,20 +325,16 @@ see
.Xr perl 1
.El
.It Li stallion/
-holding the download firmware images
-.It Li tcl
-???;
-see
-.Xr Tcl n
+holds the download firmware images
.El
.Pp
.It Li libexec/
system daemons & system utilities (executed by other programs)
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Li aout/
-utilities to manipulate a.out executables.
+utilities to manipulate a.out executables
.It Li elf/
-utilities to manipulate ELF executables.
+utilities to manipulate ELF executables
.It Li lpr/
utilities and filters for LP print system;
see
@@ -346,11 +357,12 @@ ports framework.
Within local/, the general layout sketched out by
.Xr hier 7
for /usr
-should be used. Exceptions are the man directory is directly under local/
-rather than under local/share/. Ports documentation is in share/doc/<port>/
+should be used. Exceptions are the man directory (directly under local/
+rather than under local/share/), ports documentation (in share/doc/<port>/),
+and /usr/local/etc (mimics /etc).
.It Li obj/
architecture-specific target tree produced by building the /usr/src tree
-.It Li ports
+.It Li ports/
The
.Fx
ports collection (optional).
@@ -385,8 +397,8 @@ see
.El
.Pp
.It Li doc/
-misc documentation;
-src for most of the printed
+miscellaneous documentation;
+source for most of the printed
.Bx
manuals (available
from the
@@ -395,17 +407,38 @@ association)
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
.It Li FAQ/
Frequently Asked Questions
+.It Li IPv6/
+implementation notes for IPv6
+.It Li bind/
+documents pertaining to BIND (the Berkeley Internet Name Domain)
+.It Li es/
+Spanish translations of documents in /usr/share/doc
.It Li handbook/
.Fx
Handbook
+.It Li ja/
+Japanese translations of documents in /usr/share/doc
+.It Li ncurses/
+HTML documents pertaining to ncurses;
+see
+.Xr ncurses 3X
+.It Li ntp/
+HTML documents pertaining to the Network Time Protocol
.It Li papers/
UNIX Papers
.It Li psd/
UNIX Programmer's Supplementary Documents
+.It Li ru/
+Russian translations of documents in /usr/share/doc
.It Li smm/
UNIX System Manager's Manual
+.It Li tutorials/
+.Fx
+tutorials
.It Li usd/
UNIX User's Supplementary Documents
+.It Li zh/
+Chinese translations of documents in /usr/share/doc
.El
.Pp
.It Li examples/
@@ -421,13 +454,15 @@ ISDN
.It Li libg++/
libg++'s genclass prototype/template class files
.It Li locale/
-internationalization files;
+localization files;
see
.Xr setlocale 3
.It Li man/
manual pages
.It Li me/
-macros for use with the me macro package
+macros for use with the me macro package;
+see
+.Xr me 7
.It Li misc/
misc system-wide ASCII text files
.Bl -tag -width Fl -compact
@@ -465,7 +500,7 @@ see
.It Li skel/
example . (dot) files for new accounts
.It Li syscons/
-console staff;
+files used by syscons;
see
.Xr syscons 4
.Bl -tag -width "scrnmaps/xx" -compact
@@ -497,55 +532,55 @@ and
.Xr troff 1
.It Li vi/
localization support and utilities for
-.Xr vi 1 .
+.Xr vi 1
.It Li zoneinfo/
timezone configuration information;
see
.Xr tzfile 5
.El
.It Li src/
-BSD and/or local source files
+BSD, third-party, and/or local source files
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "kerberosIV/" -compact
.It Li bin/
-src for files in /bin
+source code for files in /bin
.It Li contrib/
-src for files from contributed software
-.It Li crypto
-DES
+source code for contributed software
+.It Li crypto/
+source code for contributed cryptography software
.It Li etc/
-src for files in /etc
+source code for files in /etc
.It Li games/
-src for files in /usr/games
+source code for files in /usr/games
.It Li gnu/
-Utilities covered by the GNU Public License
+Utilities covered by the GNU General Public License
.It Li include/
-src for files in /usr/include
+source code for files in /usr/include
.It Li kerberosIV/
-src for kerberos version IV
+source code for kerberos version IV
.It Li lib/
-src for files in /usr/lib
+source code for files in /usr/lib
.It Li libexec/
-src for files in /usr/libexec
+source code for files in /usr/libexec
.It Li release/
files required to produce a
.Fx
release
.It Li sbin/
-src for files in /sbin
-.It Li secure
-FreeSec sources
+source code for files in /sbin
+.It Li secure/
+build directory for files in /usr/src/crypto
.It Li share/
-src for files in /usr/share
+source for files in /usr/share
.It Li sys/
-kernel src files
+kernel source code
.It Li tools/
tools used for maintenance and testing of
.Fx
.It Li usr.bin/
-src for files in /usr/bin
+source code for files in /usr/bin
.It Li usr.sbin/
-src for files in /usr/sbin
+source code for files in /usr/sbin
.El
.Pp
.It Li X11R6/
@@ -562,7 +597,7 @@ X11R6 libraries.
.It Li man/
X11R6 manual pages.
.It Li share/
-architecture independant files.
+architecture-independent files.
.El
.El
.It Li /var/
@@ -593,16 +628,15 @@ directory containing output spool files
.It Li backups/
misc. backup files
.It Li crash/
-default drectory to store kernel crash dumps; see
+default directory to store kernel crash dumps; see
.Xr crash 8
and
-.Xr savecore 8 .
+.Xr savecore 8
.It Li cron/
-.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
-.It Li log
-cron log files;
+files used by cron;
see
.Xr cron 8
+.Bl -tag -width "preserve/" -compact
.It Li tabs/
crontab files;
see
@@ -682,7 +716,7 @@ temporary files that are kept between system reboots
.It Li vi.recover/
the directory where recovery files are stored
.El
-.It Li yp
+.It Li yp/
the NIS maps
.El
.El
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