Appendix: Where QNX Files Are Found

This appendix covers the following topics:

A typical directory structure

QNX modules are stored according to the kind of services they provide. The following diagram gives an overview of the general directory structure in a typical QNX installation:


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Summary of file locations

To find:Look in:
system executables/bin
OS image Makefile/boot
build files to make images (the make utility reads these)/boot/build
OS image files/boot/images
system processes needed at boot time/boot/sys
initialization and other files/etc
sysinit and configuration files/etc/config
software release information files/etc/readme
technical notes/etc/readme/technotes
default location for temporary files/tmp
more executables/usr/bin
header (*.h) files for the C compiler/usr/include
libraries for the C compiler/usr/lib
terminal capabilities files/usr/lib/terminfo
work files for system spoolers and queues/usr/spool
a user's home directory/home/username