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/private/var
Revision as of 10:28, 14 September 2013 by IAdam1n (talk | contribs) (IAdam1n moved page /private/var to Var: Trashing ugly name)
This folder is the mount point for /dev/disk0s2, which is the device's user/data partition. This deviates from the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard which places this at /var, however, a sym-link is placed at /var that redirects to private/var, so it is at least somewhat complient.
It is the larger of the two partitions, and stores all App Store applications, iTunes media, settings, photos, etc.
Before iPhone OS 1.1.3 (1.1.2 and below) 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.
Children
Folders
- audit (unused; iOS 6.0+?)
- backups (unused)
- cache (used by
apt-getandGNU Find Utilities) - db
- ea (unused; iOS 6.0+?)
- empty
- folders (unused)
- keybags (iOS 4.0+)
- Keychains
- lib
- local
- lock
- log
- logs
- Managed Preferences
- mobile (home folder for mobile user)
- MobileDevice
- MobileSoftwareUpdate (used for OTA Updates; iOS 5.0+)
- msgs
- preferences
- root (home folder for root user)
- run (used by lockdownd)
- spool (unused)
- stash (created by Cydia)
- tmp (/dev/disk0s3)
- vm (unused as iOS doesn't support swap files or hibernation)
- wireless (iOS 4.0+)
Files
(none)
