a '.' character, (a "dot directory"). In this case the configuration
files should not start with the '.' character.
<A
NAME="AEN826"
HREF="#FTN.AEN826"
><SPAN
CLASS="footnote"
>[11]</SPAN
></A
></P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="LIBESSENTIALSHAREDLIBRARIESANDKERN"
>/lib : Essential shared libraries and kernel modules</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><H3
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="PURPOSE11"
>Purpose</A
></H3
><P
>The <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/lib</TT
> directory contains those shared
library images needed to boot the system and run the commands in the
root filesystem, ie. by binaries in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/bin</TT
> and
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/sbin</TT
>.
<A
NAME="AEN836"
HREF="#FTN.AEN836"
><SPAN
CLASS="footnote"
>[12]</SPAN
></A
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><HR><H3
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="REQUIREMENTS5"
>Requirements</A
></H3
><P
>At least one of each of the following filename patterns are
required (they may be files, or symbolic links):</P
><DIV
CLASS="INFORMALTABLE"
><P
></P
><A
NAME="AEN849"
></A
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
FRAME="void"
CLASS="CALSTABLE"
><COL><COL><THEAD
><TR
><TH
>File</TH
><TH
>Description</TH
></TR
></THEAD
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>libc.so.*</TT
></TD
><TD
>The dynamically-linked C library (optional)</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>ld*</TT
></TD
><TD
>The execution time linker/loader (optional)</TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
></DIV
><P
>If a C preprocessor is installed, <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>/lib/cpp</I
></SPAN
>
must be a reference to it, for historical reasons.
<A
NAME="AEN866"
HREF="#FTN.AEN866"
><SPAN
CLASS="footnote"
>[13]</SPAN
></A
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><HR><H3
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="SPECIFICOPTIONS7"
>Specific Options</A
></H3
><P
>The following directories, or symbolic links to directories,
must be in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/lib</TT
>, if the corresponding subsystem
is installed:</P
><DIV
CLASS="INFORMALTABLE"
><P
></P
><A
NAME="AEN873"
></A
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
FRAME="void"
CLASS="CALSTABLE"
><COL><COL><THEAD
><TR
><TH
>Directory</TH
><TH
>Description</TH
></TR
></THEAD
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>modules</TT
></TD
><TD
>Loadable kernel modules (optional)</TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
></DIV
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="LIBLTQUALGTALTERNATEFORMATESSENTIAL"
>/lib<qual> : Alternate format essential shared libraries (optional)</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><H3
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="PURPOSE12"
>Purpose</A
></H3
><P
>There may be one or more variants of the
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/lib</TT
> directory on systems which support more than
one binary format requiring separate libraries.
<A
NAME="AEN890"
HREF="#FTN.AEN890"
><SPAN
CLASS="footnote"
>[14]</SPAN
></A
></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><HR><H3
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="REQUIREMENTS6"
>Requirements</A
></H3
><P
>If one or more of these directories exist, the requirements for
their contents are the same as the normal <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/lib</TT
>
directory, except that <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/lib<qual>/cpp</TT
> is
not required.
<A
NAME="AEN900"
HREF="#FTN.AEN900"
><SPAN
CLASS="footnote"
>[15]</SPAN
></A
></P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="MEDIAMOUNTPOINT"
>/media : Mount point for removeable media</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><H3
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="PURPOSEMEDIAMOUNTPOINT"
>Purpose</A
></H3
><P
>This directory contains subdirectories which are used as mount
points for removeable media such as floppy disks, cdroms and zip
disks.</P
><DIV
CLASS="TIP"
><P
></P
><TABLE
CLASS="TIP"
WIDTH="100%"
BORDER="0"
><TR
><TD
WIDTH="25"
ALIGN="CENTER"
VALIGN="TOP"
><IMG
SRC="tip.gif"
HSPACE="5"
ALT="Tip"></TD
><TH
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="CENTER"
><B
>Rationale</B
></TH
></TR
><TR
><TD
> </TD
><TD
ALIGN="LEFT"
VALIGN="TOP"
><P
>Historically there have been a number of other different places
used to mount removeable media such as <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/cdrom</TT
>,
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/mnt</TT
> or <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/mnt/cdrom</TT
>. Placing
the mount points for all removeable media directly in the root
directory would potentially result in a large number of extra
directories in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/</TT
>. Although the use of
subdirectories in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/mnt</TT
> as a mount point has
recently been common, it conflicts with a much older tradition of
using <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/mnt</TT
> directly as a temporary mount point.</P
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><HR><H3
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="SPECIFICOPTIONSMEDIAMOUNT"
>Specific Options</A
></H3
><P
>The following directories, or symbolic links to directories,
must be in <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/media</TT
>, if the corresponding subsystem
is installed:</P
><DIV
CLASS="INFORMALTABLE"
><P
></P
><A
NAME="AEN923"
></A
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
FRAME="void"
CLASS="CALSTABLE"
><COL><COL><THEAD
><TR
><TH
>Directory</TH
><TH
>Description</TH
></TR
></THEAD
><TBODY
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>floppy</TT
></TD
><TD
>Floppy drive (optional)</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>cdrom</TT
></TD
><TD
>CD-ROM drive (optional)</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>cdrecorder</TT
></TD
><TD
>CD writer (optional)</TD
></TR
><TR
><TD
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>zip</TT
></TD
><TD
>Zip drive (optional)</TD
></TR
></TBODY
></TABLE
><P
></P
></DIV
><P
>On systems where more than one device exists for mounting a
certain type of media, mount directories can be created by appending a
digit to the name of those available above starting with '0', but the
unqualified name must also exist.
<A
NAME="AEN947"
HREF="#FTN.AEN947"
><SPAN
CLASS="footnote"
>[16]</SPAN
></A
> </P
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><HR><H2
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="MNTMOUNTPOINTFORATEMPORARILYMOUNT"
>/mnt : Mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="SECTION"
><H3
CLASS="SECTION"
><A
NAME="PURPOSE13"
>Purpose</A
></H3
><P
>This directory is provided so that the system administrator may
temporarily mount a filesystem as needed. The content of this