2.7. Arbitrary artifacts
Unix-like systems use the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) to specify a directory suitable for a particular file.
Files installed from the RPM packages are placed according to FHS. For example, an executable file should go into a directory that is in the system $PATH
variable.
In the context of this documentation, an Arbitrary Artifact is anything installed from an RPM to the system. For RPM and for the system it can be a script, a binary compiled from the package’s source code, a pre-compiled binary, or any other file.
The following sections describe two common ways of placing Arbitrary Artifacts in the system: