FILE-HIERARCHY(7) file-hierarchy FILE-HIERARCHY(7)
NAME
file-hierarchy - systemd file system hierarchy requirements
DESCRIPTION
Operating systems using the systemd(1) system and service manager are
organized based on a file system hierarchy inspired by UNIX, as
described in Linux File System Hierarchy[1]. Additional requirements on
when given parts of the hierarchy must be available during boot are
listed in Mount Requirements[2].
Many of the paths described here can be queried with the systemd-path(1)
tool.
SEE ALSO
hier(7)
File System Hierarchy[3]
XDG Base Directory Specification[4]
XDG User Directories[5]
NOTES
1. Linux File System Hierarchy
https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/linux_file_system_hierarchy/
2. Mount Requirements
https://systemd.io/MOUNT_REQUIREMENTS/
3. File System Hierarchy
http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html
4. XDG Base Directory Specification
https://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
5. XDG User Directories
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs
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