Fedora Linux

/root	Home directory for the root user (superuser).
/sbin	Basic system administration binaries.
/selinux	Files for Security Enhanced Linux.
/sys	System device information.
/tmp	Temporary file storage.
/usr	User data (years ago, home directories were also stored in /usr).
/usr/bin	The remainder of the standard binaries.
/usr/lib	User libraries.
/usr/libexec	Programs that are not directly executed by the user but that are executed by another application (e.g., graphics demos for the xscreensaver program)
/usr/local	Local files (specific to your system configuration).
/usr/local/bin	Local binaries and scripts.
/usr/sbin	The remainder of the system administration binaries.
/usr/src	Source code for locally built RPM packages and the Linux kernel.
/var	Files that change frequently (variable), including databases, print requests, and logfiles.
/var/log	Various system logfiles.
/var/spool	Files for various queues (spools), such as print queues and file-transfer queues.

Local files refers to filesbinaries, scripts, and datafilesthat you have developed and that are not part of Fedora. Separating these files from the rest of the operating system makes it easier to move them to a new system in the future.

4.3.1.3. Ambiguous filenames

The wildcard characters ? and * can be used for pattern matching , which is useful for dealing with several files at a time without individually specifying each filename. ? will match any one character in a filename, and * will match any number of any characters (including none).

Square brackets [] can be used to contain a list of characters [123] , a range of characters [aj] , or a combined list and range [123aj] ; this pattern will match any one character from the list or range. Using an exclamation mark or carat symbol as the first character inside the square brackets will invert the meaning, causing a match with any one character which is not in the list or range.

Table 4-6 lists some examples of ambiguous filenames.

Table 4-6. Ambiguous filenames

Filename	Description	Matches	Does not match
a*	Any filename starting with a	absolutely.txt