Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

3.1 /bin : Essential user command binaries (for use by all users)

/bin contains commands that may be used by both the system administrator and by users, but which are required when no other filesystems are mounted (e.g. in single user mode). It may also contain commands which are used indirectly by scripts.

There should be no subdirectories within /bin.

Command binaries that are not essential enough to place into /bin should be placed in /usr/bin, instead. Items that are required only by non-root users (the X Window System, chsh, etc.) are generally not essential enough to be placed into the root partition.

Required files for /bin:


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