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NAME

pathsdefault system paths

SYNOPSIS

#include <paths.h>

DESCRIPTION

The <paths.h> header defines some default paths used in NetBSD. All defined constants are prefixed with _PATH. The constants include:
  • The default user search path set by login(1) and associated utilities such as rshd(8). This is defined by _PATH_DEFPATH and includes directories such as /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin.
  • Default paths for some utilities and device nodes. Examples include such paths as /dev/null (_PATH_DEVNULL), /dev/mem (_PATH_MEM), and /etc/nologin (_PATH_NOLOGIN), among others.
  • Paths for some default directories such as /dev (_PATH_DEV) and /tmp (_PATH_TMP) as well as paths for some miscellaneous utilities such as csh(1), /bin/csh (_PATH_CSHELL).

CAVEATS

The <paths.h> header is specific to NetBSD.
April 8, 2011 NetBSD 7.0