Var, bin, lib, etc...what's with all those crazy Unix-style folders in Mac OS X?

Var, bin, lib, etc...what's with all those crazy Unix-style folders in Mac OS X?

Posted 11/09/2007 at 12:21pm | by Niko Coucouvanis

Look no further than the hier man pages. Simply open up Terminal (/Applications/Utilities), type man hier, and press Return - you'll get a nice little overview of what those Unix directories are for.

 

Or you can just check out this screenshot.

 

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November 10, 2009 at 11:22pm

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evo

November 12, 2007 at 2:36pm

you have to agree that the gui makes it much more easier to handle things especially for beginners ? What if you are new to a "pc... pff whats that" or simply a mac but without all the nicely done drag n' drops and so on - just think about it - .. pff I think now 75% of the current MAC users just say good bye :P gg* hope there are definitely more UNIX geeks out there.. ?!

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dan

November 11, 2007 at 12:29pm

with unix? come on...

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Me

November 09, 2007 at 4:07pm

I can remember the days when a Macintosh was, you know, a Macintosh. Unix was good enough for Indies, but we had Apple Menu Items and other cool things. Sigh.

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EJP

November 10, 2007 at 7:03am

We hear ya brother, yes we do...

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