Reference

intro(5)

introduction to file formats

NAME

intro – introduction to file formats

DESCRIPTION

This section contains information about the file formats which comprise most data structures in the BSD environment, including:

  • ascii(7) configuration and resource files

  • system binary file and stream structures

  • composition of database files

FILES

/etc/

base system software configuration files

/usr/local/etc/

locally installed software configuration files

SEE ALSO

apropos(1), intro(1), hier(7), intro(8)

HISTORY

The intro(5) manual page first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.

History