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Niklas Polke
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# Linux Directory Structure
```bash
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/etc/otterwiki/ # system-wide configuration (e.g. passwd, fstab, ssh) - et cetera
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/opt/otterwiki/ # optional third-party software (Python-venv and otterwiki) - optional
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/srv/otterwiki/ # data served by system services (Wiki, Markdown, Git, Attachments) - service
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/var/ # variable application and system data (e.g. cache, tmp, database) - variable
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/var/log/otterwiki/ # system and application log files - log
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/run/otterwiki.sock # runtime data since boot (e.g. sockets, locks) - exist only until the next reboot - run
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/usr # system-wide applications and data
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/usr/bin # user commands and programs
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/usr/sbin # system administration commands
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/usr/local # locally installed software
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/usr/local/bin # locally installed user programs
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/usr/local/sbin # locally installed admin programs
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/etc/ufw/ # system-wide configuration (e.g. passwd, fstab, ssh, ufw) - et cetera
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/opt/otterwiki/ # optional third-party software (Python-venv and otterwiki) - optional
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/srv/otterwikidata/ # data served by system services (Wiki, Markdown, Git, Attachments) - service - independent from otterwiki
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/var/lib/otterwiki # variable application and system data (e.g. cache, tmp, database) - variable
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/var/cache/otterwiki # state of the application that can be deleted and newly generated
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/var/log/otterwiki/ # system and application log files - log
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/run/otterwiki/otterwiki.sock # runtime data since boot (e.g. sockets, locks) - exist only until the next reboot - run
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/usr # system-wide applications and data
+
/usr/bin # user commands and programs
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/usr/sbin # system administration commands
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/usr/local # locally installed software
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/usr/local/bin # locally installed user programs
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/usr/local/sbin # locally installed admin programs
```
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