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It is nice to have, however, the location of this information means that it will naturally be missed by developers adding or removing directories to the layout, so it trends out-of-date and it is out-of-date. The target audience for hier(7) is users and administrators. It is not expected to be a place that programmers should go to learn about the purposes of the different C headers provided by FreeBSD. Program authors needing FreeBSD-specific interfaces or libraries (#include <sys/queue.h>, for instance) will either be following a more detailed man page, or consulting the header contents directly. Folks targeting standardized headers (#include <sys/time.h>) will not need hier(7) to tell them where those headers are under /usr/include. In other words, this is more detail than necessary for this document. I'd go as far as to say that many of the existing entries in this list do little more than parrot the name of the directory. With all this in mind, let's drop the maintenance burden. Reviewed by: imp, emaste MFC after: 1 week Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40000 |
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| bin | ||
| cddl | ||
| contrib | ||
| crypto | ||
| etc | ||
| gnu | ||
| include | ||
| kerberos5 | ||
| lib | ||
| libexec | ||
| release | ||
| rescue | ||
| sbin | ||
| secure | ||
| share | ||
| stand | ||
| sys | ||
| targets | ||
| tests | ||
| tools | ||
| usr.bin | ||
| usr.sbin | ||
| .arcconfig | ||
| .arclint | ||
| .cirrus.yml | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .git-blame-ignore-revs | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| CONTRIBUTING.md | ||
| COPYRIGHT | ||
| LOCKS | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| Makefile.inc1 | ||
| Makefile.libcompat | ||
| Makefile.sys.inc | ||
| ObsoleteFiles.inc | ||
| README.md | ||
| RELNOTES | ||
| UPDATING | ||
FreeBSD Source:
This is the top level of the FreeBSD source directory.
FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. A large community has continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking and storage devices.
For copyright information, please see the file COPYRIGHT in this directory. Additional copyright information also exists for some sources in this tree - please see the specific source directories for more information.
The Makefile in this directory supports a number of targets for building components (or all) of the FreeBSD source tree. See build(7), config(8), FreeBSD handbook on building userland, and Handbook for kernels for more information, including setting make(1) variables.
For information on the CPU architectures and platforms supported by FreeBSD, see the FreeBSD website's Platforms page.
Source Roadmap:
| Directory | Description |
|---|---|
| bin | System/user commands. |
| cddl | Various commands and libraries under the Common Development and Distribution License. |
| contrib | Packages contributed by 3rd parties. |
| crypto | Cryptography stuff (see crypto/README). |
| etc | Template files for /etc. |
| gnu | Commands and libraries under the GNU General Public License (GPL) or Lesser General Public License (LGPL). Please see gnu/COPYING and gnu/COPYING.LIB for more information. |
| include | System include files. |
| kerberos5 | Kerberos5 (Heimdal) package. |
| lib | System libraries. |
| libexec | System daemons. |
| release | Release building Makefile & associated tools. |
| rescue | Build system for statically linked /rescue utilities. |
| sbin | System commands. |
| secure | Cryptographic libraries and commands. |
| share | Shared resources. |
| stand | Boot loader sources. |
| sys | Kernel sources (see sys/README.md). |
| targets | Support for experimental DIRDEPS_BUILD |
| tests | Regression tests which can be run by Kyua. See tests/README for additional information. |
| tools | Utilities for regression testing and miscellaneous tasks. |
| usr.bin | User commands. |
| usr.sbin | System administration commands. |
For information on synchronizing your source tree with one or more of the FreeBSD Project's development branches, please see FreeBSD Handbook.