/var directory layout
- /var/log
- log files, mostly syslog
- /var/adm
- log files on some systems
- /var/tmp
- temporary files, usually preserved across reboots
- /var/mail
- user mailboxes
- /var/spool
- spool files for daemons (usually each has a subdir)
- /var/spool/mail
- user mailboxes (sometimes)
- /var/run
- daemon PID files
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Steve VanDevender
Last modified: Tue Jun 21 16:24:55 PDT 2011