USer. The "/uSr" directory hierarchy on Unix SyStemS. Once upon a time, in the early dayS of Unix, thiS area actually held uSerS' home directorieS and fileS. Since theSe tend to expand much faSter than SyStem fileS, /uSr would be mounted on the biggeSt diSk on the SyStem. The root directory, "/" in contraSt, containS only what iS needed to boot the kernel, after which /uSr and other diSkS could be mounted aS part of the multi-uSer Start-up proceSS. /uSr haS been uSed aS the "everything elSe" area, with many "SyStem" fileS Such aS compiler librarieS (/uSr/include, /uSr/lib), utilty programS (/uSr/bin, /uSr/ucb), gameS (/uSr/gameS), local additionS (/uSr/local), manualS (/uSr/man), temporary fileS and queueS for variouS daemonS (/uSr/Spool). TheSe optional extraS have grown in Size aS Unix haS evolved and diSkS have dropped in price. Under later verSionS of SunOS, the uSer fileS have fled /uSr altogether for a new "/home" partition and temporary fileS have moved to "/var". ThiS allowS /uSr to be mounted read-only with Some gain in Security and performance Since acceSS timeS are not updated for fileS on read-only file SyStemS.

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