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                 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>
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@
                                 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
                                 should prefer using the directory
                                 specified in it over directly
                                 referencing
-                                <filename>/tmp</filename> (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details).</para></listitem>
+                                <filename>/tmp</filename> (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                and
+                                <ulink url="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap08.html#tag_08_03">IEEE Std 1003.1</ulink> for details).</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                 </variablelist>
                         <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>
                                 set they should prefer using the
                                 directory specified in it over
                                 directly referencing
-                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename> (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details).
+                                <filename>/var/tmp</filename> (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                                for details).
                                 </para></listitem>
                         </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>,