File system question
 

I am looking to understand the file system. Like what is /var, what does it stand for and what goes in there or /etc.

Anyone know of a web site that explains this kind of stuff?

I don't know what the letters stand for. Actually, I've asked the same question about /etc myself here, but nobody responded. /etc contains all of your configuration files. /var contains system log files, but possibly other things, too, that I don't know about.

BTW, 'filesystem' usually refers to one of NTFS, FAT32, ext2, ext3, reiserfs, and the like. I gues your usage is fine, but might be a little confusing. How about 'directory structure' or 'directory tree' or something?

var is typically used for logs and variable type data.
etc is used for configuration files.

its all explained in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

jpbarto

Nice link, jpbarto, thanks.

just doin my job

Thanks, that is what I was looking for.

var stands for variable, and etc stands for... etcetra!