/private/var

Overview

/private/var is the mount point for /dev/disk0s2, which is the iPhone's user/data partition. It is the larger of the two partitions, and stores all App Store applications, iTunes media, settings, photos, etc. Pre-1.1.3, all of this data was stored in /private/var/root. However, for security reasons, in 1.1.3 Apple made most applications run under the user mobile, and moved all of the data to /private/var/mobile.

Parents

• /
• /private

Children

• backups (not used in iOS)
• cache (not officially used in iOS)
• db (not used in iOS ?)
• empty (not used in iOS ?)
• folders (not used in iOS)
• Keychains
• Keybags (on iOS 4.0 and above)
• lib
• local
• lock
• log
• logs
• Managed Preferences
• mobile (Home folder for user mobile)
• MobileDevice
• msgs
• preferences
• root (Home folder for user root)
• run
• spool (not used in iOS)
• stash (not officially used in iOS, created by Cydia's root partition freeing code)
• tmp
• vm (not used in iOS)
• wireless (on iOS 4.0 and above)