Yes, there may be possible duplicates, but I am talking about the STRUCTURE of Unix/Linux operating systems with folders like bin, home etc. Unix/Linux-based operating systems are supposed to have its structure, OS X is also supposed to have it. Does it?
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You could figure this out yourself by studying this "Structure" and then looking at an OSX systems and observing whether it qualifies. So the question is, what have you tried? What work have you done prior to coming here and asking?– music2myearCommented Jul 6, 2020 at 17:47
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There is really no such a thing as a standard Unix/Linux filesystem structure. Multiple attempts have been made over decades to define one, but no one really adheres completely.
Even between Linux distros you will find some differences.
Still most Unix and Unix like systems at least have a lot of stuff in common, if only to make porting software between them easier.
MacOS derives most of its underpinnings from BSD Unix and is no different in that regard as this ls -l output from / shows:
drwxrwxr-x+ 60 root admin 1920 Jul 4 00:11 Applications
drwxr-xr-x 71 root wheel 2272 Jun 10 07:27 Library
drwxr-xr-x@ 8 root wheel 256 Sep 29 2019 System
drwxr-xr-x 7 root admin 224 Sep 29 2019 Users
drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 192 Jul 6 12:07 Volumes
drwxr-xr-x@ 38 root wheel 1216 Jun 10 07:25 bin
drwxrwxrwx 3 root wheel 96 Jan 5 2019 com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 64 Aug 25 2019 cores
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 4464 Jun 10 07:31 dev
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Oct 7 2019 etc -> private/etc
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 25 Jun 10 07:32 home -> /System/Volumes/Data/home
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 128 Oct 7 2019 opt
drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 192 Jun 10 07:26 private
drwxr-xr-x@ 63 root wheel 2016 Jun 10 07:25 sbin
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Oct 7 2019 tmp -> private/tmp
drwxr-xr-x@ 11 root wheel 352 Oct 7 2019 usr
lrwxr-xr-x@ 1 root admin 11 Oct 7 2019 var -> private/var
