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.Dd April 8, 2011
.Dt PATHS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm paths
.Nd default system paths
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In paths.h
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.In paths.h
header defines some default paths used in
.Nx .
All defined constants are prefixed with
.Dv _PATH .
The constants include:
.Bl -bullet -offset indent
.It
The default user search path set by
.Xr login 1
and associated utilities such as
.Xr rshd 8 .
This is defined by
.Dv _PATH_DEFPATH
and includes directories such as
.Pa /usr/bin
and
.Pa /usr/local/bin .
.It
Default paths for some utilities and device nodes.
Examples include such paths as
.Pa /dev/null
.Pq Dv _PATH_DEVNULL ,
.Pa /dev/mem
.Pq Dv _PATH_MEM ,
and
.Pa /etc/nologin
.Pq Dv _PATH_NOLOGIN ,
among others.
.It
Paths for some default directories such as
.Pa /dev
.Pq Dv _PATH_DEV
and
.Pa /tmp
.Pq Dv _PATH_TMP
as well as paths for some miscellaneous utilities such as
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Pa /bin/csh
.Pq Dv _PATH_CSHELL .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr whereis 1 ,
.Xr sysexits 3 ,
.Xr types 3 ,
.Xr hier 7
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.\" .Sh HISTORY
.\" The
.\" .In paths.h
.\" header first appeared in
.\" .Bx ????
.Sh CAVEATS
The
.In paths.h
header is specific to
.Nx .