System directories and files

Directory and file relocations

This topic traces the location of system files and directories from their location in SCO OpenServer(TM) Release 5, to their location in SCO UnixWare 2.0, and finally, to their current location in UnixWare® 7. Symbolic links exist between many old and new locations. However, in future software releases, these links may be removed. The asterisk (*) means all files in the directory indicated are in the location shown.

SCO OpenServer(TM) Release 5 SCO UnixWare 2.0 UnixWare® 7
/bin/* /usr/bin/* /bin/*
- /usr/sbin/* /sbin/*
- /usr/share/* /share/*
/etc/bcheckrc /sbin/bcheckrc /sbin/bcheckrc
/etc/chroot /usr/sbin/chroot /usr/sbin/chroot
/etc/crash /usr/sbin/crash /usr/sbin/crash
/etc/cron /usr/sbin/cron /usr/sbin/cron
/etc/dcopy /usr/sbin/dcopy /usr/sbin/dcopy
/etc/default/filesys /etc/vfstab /etc/vfstab
/etc/devnm /sbin/devnm /sbin/devnm
  /usr/sbin/dfsck /usr/sbin/dfsck
/etc/ff /usr/sbin/ff /usr/sbin/ff
/etc/fsck /sbin/fsck /sbin/fsck
/etc/fsdb /sbin/fsdb /sbin/fsdb
/etc/fstyp /sbin/fstyp /sbin/fstyp
/etc/fuser /usr/sbin/fuser /usr/sbin/fuser
/etc/getty /usr/lib/saf/ttymon /lib/saf/ttymon
/etc/gettydefs /etc/gettydefs /etc/ttydefs
/etc/grpck /usr/sbin/grpck /usr/sbin/grpck
/etc/init /sbin/init /sbin/init
/etc/install /usr/sbin/install /usr/sbin/install
/etc/killall /usr/sbin/killall /usr/sbin/killall
/etc/labelit /sbin/labelit /sbin/labelit
/etc/ldsysdump /usr/sbin/ldsysdump /usr/sbin/ldsysdump
/etc/link /usr/sbin/link /usr/sbin/link
/etc/log/* /var/adm/log/* /var/adm/log/*
/usr/lib/mail/aliases /etc/mail/names /etc/mail/aliases
/etc/mkfs /sbin/mkfs /sbin/mkfs
/etc/mknod /sbin/mknod /sbin/mknod
/etc/mount /sbin/mount /sbin/mount
/etc/mountall /sbin/mountall /sbin/mountall
/etc/mvdir /usr/sbin/mvdir /usr/sbin/m/usrvdir
/etc/ncheck /usr/sbin/ncheck /usr/sbin/ncheck
/etc/prfdc /usr/sbin/prfdc /usr/sbin/prfdc
/etc/prfld /usr/sbin/prfld /usr/sbin/prfld
/etc/prfpr /usr/sbin/prfpr /usr/sbin/prfpr
/etc/prfsnap /usr/sbin/prfsnap /usr/sbin/prfsnap
/etc/prfstat /usr/sbin/prfstat /usr/sbin/prfstat
  /usr/sbin/prtconf /usr/sbin/prtconf
  /sbin/prtvtoc /usr/sbin/prtvtoc
/etc/pwck /usr/sbin/pwck /usr/sbin/pwck
/etc/rc0 /sbin/rc0 /sbin/rc0
/etc/rc1 /sbin/rc1 /sbin/rc1
/etc/rc2 /sbin/rc2 /sbin/rc2
/etc/rc3 /sbin/rc3 /sbin/rc3
/etc/rc6 /sbin/rc6 /sbin/rc6
/etc/setclk /sbin/setclk /sbin/setclk
/etc/setmnt /sbin/setmnt  
/etc/shutdown /sbin/shutdown  
/etc/swap /usr/sbin/swap /sbin/swap
/etc/sysdef /usr/sbin/sysdef /usr/sbin/sysdef
/etc/telinit /sbin/init /sbin/init
/etc/termcap /usr/share/lib/termcap /share/lib/termcap
/etc/uadmin /sbin/uadmin /sbin/uadmin
/etc/umount /sbin/umount /sbin/umount
/etc/umountall /sbin/umountall /sbin/umountall
/etc/unlink /usr/sbin/unlink /usr/sbin/unlink
/etc/utmp /var/adm/utmp /var/adm/utmp
/etc/volcopy /usr/sbin/volcopy /usr/sbin/volcopy
/etc/wall /usr/sbin/wall /usr/sbin/wall
/etc/whodo /usr/sbin/whodo /usr/sbin/whodo
/etc/wtmp /var/adm/wtmp /var/adm/wtmp
/lbin/* /usr/lbin/* /lbin/*
/lib/* /usr/lib/* /lib/*
/shlib/* /usr/lib/* /lib/*
/usr/adm/* /var/adm/* /var/adm/*
/usr/bin/nlsadmin /usr/sbin/nlsadmin /usr/sbin/nlsadmin
/usr/bin/strace /usr/sbin/strace /usr/sbin/strace
/usr/bin/strclean /usr/sbin/strclean /usr/sbin/strclean
/usr/bin/strerr /usr/sbin/strerr /usr/sbin/strerr
/usr/lib/cron/.proto /etc/cron.d/.proto /etc/cron.d/.proto
/usr/lib/cron/at.allow /etc/cron.d/at.allow /etc/cron.d/at.allow
/usr/lib/cron/cron.allow /etc/cron.d/cron.allow/ /etc/cron.d/cron.allow
/usr/lib/cron/queuedefs /etc/cron.d/queuedefs /etc/cron.d/queuedefs
/usr/lib/lex/* /usr/ccs/lib/lex/* /usr/ccs/lib/lex/*
/usr/lib/spell/spellhist /var/adm/spellhist /var/adm/spellhist
- /usr/share/* /share/*
/usr/lib/spell/hlista /usr/share/lib/spell/hlista /share/lib/spell/hlista
/usr/lib/spell/hstop /usr/share/lib/spell/hstop /share/lib/spell/hstop
/usr/lib/terminfo/* /usr/share/lib/terminfo/* /share/lib/terminfo/*
/usr/lib/uucp/Devconfig /etc/uucp/Devconfig /etc/uucp/Devconfig
/usr/lib/uucp/Devices /etc/uucp/Devices /etc/uucp/Devices
/usr/lib/uucp/Dialcodes /etc/uucp/Dialcodes /etc/uucp/Dialcodes
/usr/lib/uucp/Dialers /etc/uucp/Dialers /etc/uucp/Dialers
/usr/lib/uucp/Permissions /etc/uucp/Permissions /etc/uucp/Permissions
/usr/lib/uucp/Poll /etc/uucp/Poll /etc/uucp/Poll
/usr/lib/uucp/Sysfiles.eg /etc/uucp/Sysfiles /etc/uucp/Sysfiles
/usr/lib/uucp/Systems /etc/uucp/Systems /etc/uucp/Systems
/usr/mail/* /var/mail/* /var/mail/*
/usr/man/* /usr/share/man/* /lib/scohelp/en_US.ISO8859-1/man
/usr/net/nls/dbfconv /usr/lib/saf/dbfconv /lib/saf/dbfconv
/usr/net/nls/listen /usr/lib/saf/listen /lib/saf/listen
/usr/pub/* /usr/share/lib/* /share/lib/*
/usr/spool/* /var/spool/* /var/spool/*
/usr/tmp/* /var/tmp/* /var/tmp/*

 SCO OpenServer Release 5   SCO UnixWare 2.0              UnixWare® 7
 /bin/                      /usr/bin/                    /bin/
 -                           /usr/sbin/                   /sbin/
 -                           /usr/share/                  /share/
 /etc/bcheckrc               /sbin/bcheckrc                /sbin/bcheckrc
 /etc/chroot                 /usr/sbin/chroot              /usr/sbin/chroot
 /etc/crash                  /usr/sbin/crash               /usr/sbin/crash
 /etc/cron                   /usr/sbin/cron                /usr/sbin/cron
 /etc/dcopy                  /usr/sbin/dcopy               /usr/sbin/dcopy
 /etc/default/filesys        /etc/vfstab                   /etc/vfstab
 /etc/devnm                  /sbin/devnm                   /sbin/devnm
                             /usr/sbin/dfsck               /usr/sbin/dfsck
 /etc/ff                     /usr/sbin/ff                  /usr/sbin/ff
 /etc/fsck                   /sbin/fsck                    /sbin/fsck
 /etc/fsdb                   /sbin/fsdb                    /sbin/fsdb
 /etc/fstyp                  /sbin/fstyp                   /sbin/fstyp
 /etc/fuser                  /usr/sbin/fuser               /usr/sbin/fuser
 /etc/getty                  /usr/lib/saf/ttymon           /lib/saf/ttymon
 /etc/gettydefs              /etc/gettydefs                /etc/ttydefs
 /etc/grpck                  /usr/sbin/grpck               /usr/sbin/grpck
 /etc/init                   /sbin/init                    /sbin/init
 /etc/install                /usr/sbin/install             /usr/sbin/install
 /etc/killall                /usr/sbin/killall             /usr/sbin/killall
 /etc/labelit                /sbin/labelit                 /sbin/labelit
 /etc/ldsysdump              /usr/sbin/ldsysdump           /usr/sbin/ldsysdump
 /etc/link                   /usr/sbin/link                /usr/sbin/link
 /etc/log/                  /var/adm/log/                /var/adm/log/
 /usr/lib/mail/aliases       /etc/mail/names               /etc/mail/aliases
 /etc/mkfs                   /sbin/mkfs                    /sbin/mkfs
 /etc/mknod                  /sbin/mknod                   /sbin/mknod
 /etc/mount                  /sbin/mount                   /sbin/mount
 /etc/mountall               /sbin/mountall                /sbin/mountall
 /etc/mvdir                  /usr/sbin/mvdir               /usr/sbin/m/usrvdir
 /etc/ncheck                 /usr/sbin/ncheck              /usr/sbin/ncheck
 /etc/prfdc                  /usr/sbin/prfdc               /usr/sbin/prfdc
 /etc/prfld                  /usr/sbin/prfld               /usr/sbin/prfld
 /etc/prfpr                  /usr/sbin/prfpr               /usr/sbin/prfpr
 /etc/prfsnap                /usr/sbin/prfsnap             /usr/sbin/prfsnap
 /etc/prfstat                /usr/sbin/prfstat             /usr/sbin/prfstat
                             /usr/sbin/prtconf             /usr/sbin/prtconf
                             /sbin/prtvtoc                 /usr/sbin/prtvtoc
 /etc/pwck                   /usr/sbin/pwck                /usr/sbin/pwck
 /etc/rc0                    /sbin/rc0                     /sbin/rc0
 /etc/rc1                    /sbin/rc1                     /sbin/rc1
 /etc/rc2                    /sbin/rc2                     /sbin/rc2
 /etc/rc3                    /sbin/rc3                     /sbin/rc3
 /etc/rc6                    /sbin/rc6                     /sbin/rc6
 /etc/setclk                 /sbin/setclk                  /sbin/setclk
 /etc/setmnt                 /sbin/setmnt
 /etc/shutdown               /sbin/shutdown
 /etc/swap                   /usr/sbin/swap                /sbin/swap
 /etc/sysdef                 /usr/sbin/sysdef              /usr/sbin/sysdef
 /etc/telinit                /sbin/init                    /sbin/init
 /etc/termcap                /usr/share/lib/termcap        /share/lib/termcap
 /etc/uadmin                 /sbin/uadmin                  /sbin/uadmin
 /etc/umount                 /sbin/umount                  /sbin/umount
 /etc/umountall              /sbin/umountall               /sbin/umountall
 /etc/unlink                 /usr/sbin/unlink              /usr/sbin/unlink
 /etc/utmp                   /var/adm/utmp                 /var/adm/utmp
 /etc/volcopy                /usr/sbin/volcopy             /usr/sbin/volcopy
 /etc/wall                   /usr/sbin/wall                /usr/sbin/wall
 /etc/whodo                  /usr/sbin/whodo               /usr/sbin/whodo
 /etc/wtmp                   /var/adm/wtmp                 /var/adm/wtmp
 /lbin/                     /usr/lbin/                   /lbin/
 /lib/                      /usr/lib/                    /lib/
 /shlib/                    /usr/lib/                    /lib/
 /usr/adm/                  /var/adm/                    /var/adm/
 /usr/bin/nlsadmin           /usr/sbin/nlsadmin            /usr/sbin/nlsadmin
 /usr/bin/strace             /usr/sbin/strace              /usr/sbin/strace
 /usr/bin/strclean           /usr/sbin/strclean            /usr/sbin/strclean
 /usr/bin/strerr             /usr/sbin/strerr              /usr/sbin/strerr
 /usr/lib/cron/.proto        /etc/cron.d/.proto            /etc/cron.d/.proto
 /usr/lib/cron/at.allow      /etc/cron.d/at.allow          /etc/cron.d/at.allow
 /usr/lib/cron/cron.allow    /etc/cron.d/cron.allow/       /etc/cron.d/cron.allow
 /usr/lib/cron/queuedefs     /etc/cron.d/queuedefs         /etc/cron.d/queuedefs
 /usr/lib/lex/              /usr/ccs/lib/lex/            /usr/ccs/lib/lex/
 /usr/lib/spell/spellhist    /var/adm/spellhist            /var/adm/spellhist
 -                           /usr/share/                  /share/
 /usr/lib/spell/hlista       /usr/share/lib/spell/hlista   /share/lib/spell/hlista
 /usr/lib/spell/hstop        /usr/share/lib/spell/hstop    /share/lib/spell/hstop
 /usr/lib/terminfo/         /usr/share/lib/terminfo/     /share/lib/terminfo/
 /usr/lib/uucp/Devconfig     /etc/uucp/Devconfig           /etc/uucp/Devconfig
 /usr/lib/uucp/Devices       /etc/uucp/Devices             /etc/uucp/Devices
 /usr/lib/uucp/Dialcodes     /etc/uucp/Dialcodes           /etc/uucp/Dialcodes
 /usr/lib/uucp/Dialers       /etc/uucp/Dialers             /etc/uucp/Dialers
 /usr/lib/uucp/Permissions   /etc/uucp/Permissions         /etc/uucp/Permissions
 /usr/lib/uucp/Poll          /etc/uucp/Poll                /etc/uucp/Poll
 /usr/lib/uucp/Sysfiles.eg   /etc/uucp/Sysfiles            /etc/uucp/Sysfiles
 /usr/lib/uucp/Systems       /etc/uucp/Systems             /etc/uucp/Systems
 /usr/mail/                 /var/mail/                   /var/mail/
 /usr/man/                  /usr/share/man/              /lib/scohelp/en_US.ISO8859-1/man
 /usr/net/nls/dbfconv        /usr/lib/saf/dbfconv          /lib/saf/dbfconv
 /usr/net/nls/listen         /usr/lib/saf/listen           /lib/saf/listen
 /usr/pub/                  /usr/share/lib/              /share/lib/
 /usr/spool/                /var/spool/                  /var/spool/
 /usr/tmp/                  /var/tmp/                    /var/tmp/

The root directories are explained in the next section. Important administrative files and subdirectories are explained later.


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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.1 - 5 November 1999