Editing Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (section)

{{Short description|Linux standard for directory structure}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox technology standard
| title             = Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
| status            = Published
| year_started      = {{Start date and age|1994|02|14|df=yes}}
| version           = 3.0
| version_date      = {{Start date and age|2015|06|03|df=yes}}
| organization      = [[Linux Foundation]]
| related_standards = 
| abbreviation      = FHS
| domain            = [[Directory structure]]
| website           = {{Official website|https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/fhs.shtml}}<br>{{Official website|http://www.pathname.com/fhs/|Official website (Historical)}}
}}

The '''Filesystem Hierarchy Standard''' ('''FHS''') is a reference describing the conventions used for the layout of [[Unix-like]] systems. It has been made popular by its use in [[Linux distribution]]s, but it is used by other Unix-like systems as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/fhs|title=FHS|website=The Linux Foundation Wiki|access-date=2022-01-04}}</ref> It is maintained by the [[Linux Foundation]]. The latest version is 3.0, released on 3 June 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=lsb:fhs-30 [Wiki] |url=https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/fhs-30 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=wiki.linuxfoundation.org}}</ref>