/usr directory layout


/usr/bin
more binaries
/usr/sbin
more system administration binaries
/usr/lib
more libraries, also some config files and data
/usr/shlib
(BSD) shared libraries
/usr/libexec
(BSD) programs called by other programs
/usr/libdata
(BSD) data files used by programs
/usr/share
yet another place to put data files
/usr/include
C programming header files
/usr/man
man pages
/usr/local
locally-installed software (often looks like /usr inside)

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Steve VanDevender
Last modified: Tue Jun 21 16:24:46 PDT 2011