.\" Modified Fri Sep 7 20:32:45 2001 by Tammy Fox <tfox@redhat.com>
.TH HIER 7 2012-08-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
-hier \- description of the file system hierarchy
+hier \- description of the filesystem hierarchy
.SH DESCRIPTION
A typical Linux system has, among others, the following directories:
.TP
.TP
.I /lib
This directory should hold those shared libraries that are necessary
-to boot the system and to run the commands in the root file system.
+to boot the system and to run the commands in the root filesystem.
.TP
.I /media
This directory contains mount points for removable media such as CD
and DVD disks or USB sticks.
.TP
.I /mnt
-This directory is a mount point for a temporarily mounted file system.
+This directory is a mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem.
In some distributions,
.I /mnt
contains subdirectories intended to be used as mount points for several
-temporary file systems.
+temporary filesystems.
.TP
.I /opt
This directory should contain add-on packages that contain static files.
.I /proc
This is a mount point for the
.I proc
-file system, which provides information about running processes and
+filesystem, which provides information about running processes and
the kernel.
-This pseudo-file system is described in more detail in
+This pseudo-filesystem is described in more detail in
.BR proc (5).
.TP
.I /root
.I LCK..<device>
where
.I <device>
-is the device's name in the file system.
+is the device's name in the filesystem.
The format used is that of HDU UUCP lock files, that is, lock files
contain a PID as a 10-byte ASCII decimal number, followed by a newline
character.