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What is contained in the ubuntu's file folders?

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I'm relatively new to Ubuntu and would like to know if there is a document that describes what each of the systems folders contain and what they do. I'm sure this information would help when trying to resolve software and hardware problems.

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Best Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#1

The following link is the official Filesystem Hierarchy Standard which Ubuntu adheres to.

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

This should give you a good overview of the layout of the filesystem in not only Ubuntu but any Linux system that uses FHS.

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Steve (stupendoussteve-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

If you are referring to the directories within / (root), check
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard

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Mike (kincanonmi) said : 		#3

Thanks that's what I was looking for. It's great to have a community that's so willing to help.

Mike