The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) defines the directory structure and directory contents in Linux operating systems. For the most part, it is a formalization and extension of the traditional BSD filesystem hierarchy.
The FHS is maintained by the Linux Foundation.
The current version is 2.3, announced on January 29, 2004.
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