[NTLUG:Discuss] what is /var/lib ??

[Stuart Johnston]

Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> /lib is for library files...so what is /var/lib for???

This hierarchy holds state information pertaining to an application or the system. State information 
is data that programs modify while they run, and that pertains to one specific host. Users must 
never need to modify files in /var/lib to configure a package's operation.

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMATION