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transient, and spool files.
/var/adm System administrative files, such as log files and accounting files. Some of the
subdirectories are listed below.
/var/adm/crash For saving kernel crash dumps.
/var/adm/cron Directory for cron(1M) queuing.
/var/adm/sw Default location for software distribution depot.
/var/adm/syslog Log files generated by syslog. See syslog (3C) and syslogd (1M).
/var/mail Incoming mail.
/var/news Local-system news articles for news(1).
/var/opt Root of subtree for varying files associated with optional software packages.
/var/preserve Place where ex(1) and vi (1) save lost edit sessions until recovered.
/var/run Files created when daemons are running. For example, the process ID (PID)
file for syslogd, syslog.pid , is put here.
/var/spool Miscellaneous directories for printer spooling, mail delivery, cron (1M), etc.
/var/spool/cron cron(1M) and at (1) spooling files.
/var/spool/lp Printer spool files.
/var/spool/mqueue Outgoing mail and log files containing messages from the mail system.
/var/spool/uucp UUCP spool directory.
/var/tmp Application-generated temporary files. This directory generally is not cleared
between system reboots.
/var/uucp UUCP administration files.
DEPENDENCIES
Some directories include commands or files not supported on all HP-UX implementations.
SEE ALSO
find(1), grep(1), ls(1), whereis(1).
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