

/var:	Directory of system logging, spooling & other data


/var/adm: Obsolete directory of system logging and accounting files


/var/adm/LST:


/var/adm/LST/analyse:


/var/adm/LST/log:

cmd.trace
debug	Debug printout during Lisa activities
history	History file for Lisa activities
lastlog	File, if present, specifying printing of last login time


/var/catman:	Database directory for locally-formatted manual pages


/var/lib:	Directory of application state information
locatedb/	Database for 'locate' program
emacs/	Directory of state information for 'emacs' editor
games/	Directory of variable data & state information for games
news/	Directory of variable files for Cnews/INN data
rpm/	Directory of Red Hat Package Manager Installation data
texmf/	Directory of variable data for Tex text formatting program
xdm/	Directory of data & error logs for X-Windows Display Manager


/var/lib/LST:	Linux Support Team/Caldera Open Linux software database

BASEVERSION	Version of Lisa used for installation
/var/lib/LST/analyse:
/var/lib/LST/catalog:
/var/lib/LST/conflicts:
/var/lib/LST/contents:
/var/lib/LST/deleted:
/var/lib/LST/disks:
/var/lib/LST/errors:	Error messages during Lisa operations
/var/lib/LST/installed:	List of packages installed by Lisa
/var/lib/LST/log:
/var/lib/LST/replaced:
/var/lib/LST/saved:
/var/lib/LST/scripts:	Scripts used by Lisa


/var/lib/ext2ed:	Ext2 filesystem editor data directory

ext2.descriptors	Object definitions for ext2 filesystem
ext2ed.conf	Configuration file for ext2 filesystem editor
ext2ed.log	Log of actual changes made to ext2 filesystem
ext2ed.8	Manual pages for 'ext2ed' ext2 filesystem editor
users-guide-0.1.ps	The User's Guide to ext2 filesystem and editor

/var/lib/locatedb:	Database of file locations updated by 'updatedb

/var/lib/games:	???


/var/lib/rpm:	Database of Red Hat Package Manager installations


/var/local:	Directory of variable data from /usr/local programs

/var/lock:	Directory of files used to lock access to specific files
/var/lock/subsys:	Files to lock daemons 'lpd', 'syslog', etc.


/var/log:	Directory of system logging and accounting files

lastlog	Binary indicating current and previous login for current user
maillog
messages	Messages from kernel, etc., about startup and login	
secure	???
spooler	???
uucp	???
wtmp	Record of terminal use maintained by 'login' and 'init'


/var/named: Directory of 'named' Distributed Name Server daemon files


/var/nis: Directory of Network Information Service database files


/var/preserve:	Directory of saved files from crash/hangup of 'ex', 'vi'


/var/run:	Directory of files describing system since last boot

gpmpid	Process id of 'gpm' mouse daemon
gpmctl	Control socket for 'gmp' mouse clients
klogd.pid	Process id of 'klogd' daemon
random-seed	Seed for generation of pseudorandom numbers
syslog.pid	Process id of 'syslog' daemon
pppn.pid	Process id of 'pppd' daemon
utmp	Record of user login/logout maintained by 'init'


/var/run/xlaunch:


/var/spool:	Directory of spool directories
atjobs/	Directory of jobs being run by 'at' daemon
atspool/	Directory of jobs spooled for 'at' daemon
cron/	Directory of jobs being run by 'cron' daemon
lpd/	Directory of files associated with 'lpd' printing daemon
mail/	Directory of user mailbox files
mqueue/	Outgoing mail queue directory
news/	News spooling directory
rwho/	Database for 'who' and 'uptime' ('rwhod' daemon) files
uucp/	Spool directory for Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol files
uucppublic/
rwho	Database for 'who' and 'uptime'
mqueue	Directory where mail and associated files reside


/var/spool/atjobs:

.SEQ	


/var/spool/atspool:


/var/spool/cron:


/var/spool/lpd:	Printer spooling database


/var/spool/lpd/ps:	Postscript printing filter directory

log.ps	Log file for printer filter ps
ps	Lock file for queue control of printer filter ps
control.ps	Queue control for printer filter ps
active.ps	Active job for printer filter ps


/var/spool/lpd/magic:	Magic (auto-format) printing filter directory

log.magic	Log file for printer filter magic
magic	Lock file for queue control of printer filter magic
control.magic	Queue control for printer filter magic
active.magic	Active job for printer filter magic

/var/spool/mail:


/var/spool/mqueue:	Directory for mail queue and related files

df	Data files for 'sendmail'
lf	Lock files for 'sendmail'
tf	Temp versions of 'af' files used during 'sendmail' queue rebuild
nf	File used by 'sendmail' when creating a unique ID
qf	Control (queue) files for 'sendmail' messages
xf	Transcript of current 'sendmail' session


/var/spool/news:


/var/spool/uucp:


/var/spool/uucppublic:

/var/tmp: Directory of temporary files needing long-term persistence


/var/yp:	"Sun" Yellow Pages - database of NIS domain names

ypMakefile	Makefile for 'yp' NIS domain name database 
