Mastering Embedded Linux Programming - Second Edition

The staging directory

You should begin by creating a staging directory on your host computer where you can assemble the files that will eventually be transferred to the target. In the following examples, I have used ~/rootfs. You need to create a skeleton directory structure in it, for example, take a look here:

$ mkdir ~/rootfs$ cd ~/rootfs$ mkdir bin dev etc home lib proc sbin sys tmp usr var$ mkdir usr/bin usr/lib usr/sbin$ mkdir -p var/log

To see the directory hierarchy more clearly, you can use the handy tree command used in the following example with the -d option to show only the directories:

$ tree -d.├── bin├── dev├── etc├── home├── lib├── proc├── sbin├── sys├── tmp├── usr│   ├── bin│   ├── lib│   └── sbin├── va└── var    └── log