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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 The Filesystem
  3. 3 The Root Filesystem
  4. 4 The /usr Hierarchy
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5.6 /var/crash : System crash dumps (optional)

5.6.1 Purpose

This directory holds system crash dumps. As of the date of this release of the standard, system crash dumps were not supported under Linux but may be supported by other systems which may comply with the FHS.

→/var/games : Variable game data (optional)←/var/cache : Application cache data

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