subset of these specifications that defines more
strictly the suggestions and restrictions systemd
makes on the file system hierarchy.</para>
+
+ <para>Many of the paths described here are queriable
+ with the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-path</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ tool.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
used for bringing up the system. On
EFI systems this is possibly the EFI
System Partition, also see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
directory is usually strictly local
to the host, and should be considered
read-only, except when a new kernel or
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/usr/lib/<replaceable>arch-id</replaceable></filename></term>
<listitem><para>Location for placing
- dynamic libraries, called <varname>$libdir</varname>.
- The architecture identifier to use, is defined on <ulink
+ dynamic libraries, also called <varname>$libdir</varname>.
+ The architecture identifier to use is defined on <ulink
url="https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Tuples">Multiarch Architecture Specifiers (Tuples)</ulink>
list. Legacy locations of <varname>$libdir</varname> are
<filename>/usr/lib</filename>,
<varname>$libdir</varname> for the
primary architecture of the system,
invoke:
- <programlisting># pkg-config --variable=libdir systemd</programlisting></para></listitem>
+ <programlisting># pkg-config --variable=libdir systemd</programlisting> or
+ <programlisting># systemd-path system-library-arch</programlisting>
+ </para></listitem>
+
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
of these directories are also standardized (though
more weakly) by the <ulink
url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html">XDG
- Base Directory Specification</ulink>.</para>
+ Base Directory Specification</ulink>. Additional
+ locations for high-level user resources are defined by
+ <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/">xdg-user-dirs</ulink>.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><filename>/usr/bin</filename></entry>
- <entry>Package executables that shall appear in the <varname>$PATH</varname> executable search path, compiled for the primary architecture of the operating system. It is not recommended to place internal binaries or binaries that are not commonly invoked from the shell in this directory, such as daemon binaries. As this directory is shared with most other packages of the system special care should be taken to pick unique names for files placed here, that are unlikely to clash with other package's files.</entry>
+ <entry>Package executables that shall appear in the <varname>$PATH</varname> executable search path, compiled for any of the supported architectures compatible with the operating system. It is not recommended to place internal binaries or binaries that are not commonly invoked from the shell in this directory, such as daemon binaries. As this directory is shared with most other packages of the system special care should be taken to pick unique names for files placed here, that are unlikely to clash with other package's files.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><filename>/usr/lib/<replaceable>arch-id</replaceable></filename></entry>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>hier</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-path</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-efi-boot-generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>tmpfiles.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,