{"id":3705,"date":"2021-12-24T11:59:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T11:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=3705"},"modified":"2021-12-24T11:59:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T11:59:45","slug":"default-files-and-folders-in-cpanel-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/default-files-and-folders-in-cpanel-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Default Files and Folders in cPanel Account"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following are the list of files and folders in cPanel Account:<\/p>\n

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  1. public_html:<\/strong>\u00a0To make your website publicly available over the Internet, please upload your web pages and images into this folder.<\/li>\n
  2. public_html\/cgi-bin:<\/strong>\u00a0CGI Bin directory.<\/li>\n
  3. public_html\/images:<\/strong>\u00a0It is used to store the images for any webpages you upload.<\/li>\n
  4. public_ftp:<\/strong>\u00a0It contains files to be accessible via anonymous FTP.<\/li>\n
  5. public_ftp\/incoming Files:<\/strong>\u00a0Files uploaded via anonymous FTP.<\/li>\n
  6. .cpaddons:<\/strong>\u00a0Stores information about cPanel Add-ons for particular account.<\/li>\n
  7. .trash:\u00a0<\/strong>Items deleted or moved to trash in cPanel File Manager.<\/li>\n
  8. public_html\/.htaccess:<\/strong>\u00a0The main .htaccess file for the pages served on this cPanel account over HTTP.<\/li>\n
  9. mail\/:<\/strong>\u00a0It stores the mail data.<\/li>\n
  10. mail\/new:\u00a0<\/strong>Stores incoming mail that has not yet been marked as received by IMAP.<\/li>\n
  11. mail\/cur:<\/strong>\u00a0Mail sitting on the server.<\/li>\n
  12. mail\/tmp:<\/strong>\u00a0Temporary directory for mail.<\/li>\n
  13. tmp\/:<\/strong>\u00a0Temporary files created by cPanel in various activities. Third party scripts may also use this directory for their own temporary files.<\/li>\n
  14. tmp\/analog:<\/strong>\u00a0Temporary files for generation of Analog stats for your website.<\/li>\n
  15. tmp\/awstats:<\/strong>\u00a0Temporary and configuration files for generation of AWStats for your website.<\/li>\n
  16. tmp\/awstats\/awstats.yourdomain.com.conf:<\/strong>\u00a0Configuration file for generation of AWStats for a website.<\/li>\n
  17. tmp\/cpbandwidth:<\/strong>\u00a0Temporary directory for tracking bandwidth usage through cPanel.<\/li>\n
  18. tmp\/cpbandwidth\/yourdomain.com-bytes_log:<\/strong>\u00a0Number of bytes tranferred by\u00a0yourdomain.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  19. tmp\/webalizer:<\/strong>\u00a0Temporary files for generation of Webalizer HTTP stats for your website.<\/li>\n
  20. etc:<\/strong>\u00a0Stores other information related to your website.<\/li>\n
  21. Mostly .(dot) files are configuration files for the respective service. e.g., .softaculous, .fantasticodata.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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