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Linux paths

  • /sbin binaries essential to system and all users
  • /usr/sbin/ system admins binaries
  • /bin binaries used by system and all users. cannot do without them.
  • /usr/bin/ non essential users binaries
  • /etc config file for system eg: /etc/init.d/ has startup config scripts
  • /home each user gets a directory in here
  • /root home directory of root user
  • /lib shared libraries required by system programs (kind of like windows .dll files)
  • /var spooling data, stuff always being written to and read from it