Description of Directories

Directory	Description
~/bin	Contains servers program files such as ftp and sendmail
~/dev	Contains the device node null
~/etc	Contains servers configuration files such as passwd, resolv.conf, aliases, and sendmail.cf
~/ftp	Anonymous ftp directory
~/tmp	Temporary files
~/usr	This directory contains the following subdirectories:
~/usr/home	Users home directories
~/usr/mail	Users mail messages are stored here. Each user has a mail file named by their E-mail login name
~/usr/log	Contains the messages file (a transaction log of E-mail, ftp, and Telnet sessions)
~/usr/spool/mqueue	Contains mail messages waiting for delivery
~/usr/bin	Contains additional server programs
~/usr/local	Contains directories like httpd or frontpage
~/usr/local/etc/httpd	The virtual httpd server's root directory which contains the following subdirectories:
~/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs	Contains the html files (this is where you place your web pages)
~/usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin	CGI and scripts directory
~/usr/local/etc/httpd/conf	httpd servers configuration files
~/usr/local/etc/httpd/logs	httpd servers log files
~/var	Dynamic data files such as mail files and log files
~/www	Link to ~/usr/local/etc/httpd for convenience in changing directories

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