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# The filesystem layout

The filesystem is divided into many parts; usually along the lines of a root filesystem with `/bin` , `/lib` , `/etc` , `/dev` , and a few others; a `/usr` filesystem with programs and unchanging data; a `/var` filesystem with changing data (such as log files); and a `/home` filesystem for everyone's personal files. Depending on the hardware configuration and the decisions of the system administrator, the division can be different; it can even be all in one filesystem.

Chapter 3 describes the filesystem layout in some detail; the Linux Filesystem Standard covers it in somewhat more detail.