What's the use of tmp, var, bin, conf, system folders in AEM

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What's the use of tmp, var, bin, conf, system folders in AEM?

Can I get documents on this?

Thanks!

[Jörg_Hoh · Accepted solution]

The short and blunt answer is: If you don't know them, ignore them.

The long answer:

• /tmp is for temporary space, which could get recreated on every startup. Do not store data there which should survive a restart.
• /var: temporary data, which needs to survive a retart
• /bin: shouldn't be there. Typically created by accident, when you hit some servlet bound to the /bin folder, but the servlet is not registered yet.
• /conf: That's the place where configuration is stored. Check the documentation of Sling Context-Aware Configuration for it.
• /system: That's for the system, don't mess with it.

Jörg