Nix File System Hierarchy

The way it should be

1. bin binaries
2. cfg config files (only text files no binaries)
3. etc etcetera files that don't fit in any other category (only text files no binaries)
4. lib libraries for binaries such as xx.so files
5. scr script files such as sh, bash, perl, lua (only text files no binaries)
6. srv server, data for backround running services such as mail, web servers, vcs repos (git)
7. sys system and distribution specific files such as devices, drivers, and kernel feature
8. tmp temporary files, they are deleted when the system goes down.
9. usr user read-only user data
10. var variable data files, such as log files, mail spools etc

NIX=/opt/nix
mkdir -p $NIX
cd $NIX
mkdir -p bin cfg etc lib scr srv sys tmp usr var

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First Created: 2022-04-20 13:27:24
Last Modified: 2026-04-21 12:16