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10FSL 

Acronym for “10.0 File System Layout


C

Cluster 

A set of one or more nodes, connected by a network, that are provided boot services by a cluster server.


Configuration data 

information used to configure the system and includes: IP address, hostname, timezone, etc.



E-F

Execution script 

An execution script is a system start-up and shutdown script located in/sbin/init.d.


G-H-I-J-K

Install point 

A directory into which software can be directly installed. All non-install points are potentially private directories, and must be configured on a per-host basis by execution of SD configuration scripts.


L-M-N-O

Link Files 

A component of the start-up/shutdown model used to link the execution scripts to a particular run-state. Link files are contained in /sbin/rc*.d and point to execution scripts in /sbin/init.d.


NFS 

Network File System. An implementation of Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) and remote mounting and access of file systems over a network.


OSF 

Open Software Foundation.


P-Q-R-S

PID file 

A file which contains the process ID of a running application or subsystem component.


Runtime File 

A working file created by an application or a subsystem. these include lock files, PID files, temporary files, state files, etc.


SD 

Acronym for Software Distributor, a replacement for the HP-UX DUI update utility.


Server 

The node or nodes in a cluster providing services to other nodes.


Subsystem 

An operating system feature that is tightly coupled with the rest of the operating system; enough so that it is not considered an application. An example of a subsystem is NFS.


T-U-V-W

V.4 

AT&T System V, release 4. Sometimes used in this paper to denote the 10.x Filesystem Layout.


V4FSL 

Acronym for the AT&T System V, Release 4 FileSystem Layout


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