Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

defines the directory structure and directory contents in Linux operating systems
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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Summary

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard is a technical standard[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of technical_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (593 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's image is recorded as Root directory hierarchy on Linux screenshot.webp[3].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's instance of is recorded as technical standard[4].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's developer is recorded as Linux Foundation[5].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[6].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's software version identifier is recorded as 2.3[7].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2[8].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's part of is recorded as Unix directory structure[9].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's publication date is recorded as +1994-02-14T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01q7m8[11].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's official website is recorded as https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/fhs[12].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's official website is recorded as http://www.pathname.com/fhs/[13].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's official website is recorded as https://specifications.freedesktop.org/fhs/[14].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's main subject is recorded as Unix directory structure[15].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's work available at URL is recorded as https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/fhs.shtml[16].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/fhs[17].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's used by is recorded as Linux[18].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's different from is recorded as XDG Base Directory Specification[19].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's Quora topic ID is recorded as Filesystem-Hierarchy-Standard[20].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 91396116[21].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's openSUSE package is recorded as fhs[22].
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard[23].

Body

Geography

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's part of is recorded as Unix directory structure[9].

Designation and Status

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's instance of is recorded as technical standard[4].

Why It Matters

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard ranks in the top 6% of technical_standard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (593 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . refspecs.linuxfoundation.org. refspecs.linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . refspecs.linuxfoundation.org. refspecs.linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . pathname.com. pathname.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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