bin, etc, sbin, tmp, usr, var folders

Since I did an archive & install of Leopard on my laptop, I have all these extra folders shown along with the normal folders (Applications, Library, Previous System, System, Users) on my hard drive. "etc", "tmp", and "var" are aliases. Are all of these folders necessary? Can I delete them? Why are they there?

iBook 1.42GHz, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 1, 2007 6:09 AM

19 replies

deerhound2 Author

Level 1

21 points

Dec 1, 2007 3:46 PM in response to deerhound2

I used SteveLamb0's advice and included "usr" in the list. This seems to have solved the problem. None of the folders listed in the subject is now visible. is now visible.

nerowolfe

Level 6

13,090 points

Dec 1, 2007 4:01 PM in response to deerhound2

deerhound2 wrote:
I used Leopard

Well that explains it.
Anyway you have solved the problem a different way, so that's all that really counts.

SteveLamb0

Level 5

4,110 points

Dec 2, 2007 3:18 AM in response to deerhound2

Glad to have helped 🙂

SteveLamb0

Level 5

4,110 points

Dec 5, 2007 10:56 AM in response to SteveLamb0

Thanks for the star 😀

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