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Visible system directories in root directory - Can these be deleted?

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On my 2017 27" iMac with Sierra 10.12.6, an mds directory is visible in the root directory. Why?

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On my 2009 13" MacBook Pro with High Sierra Beta 9, the vm directory is visible in the root directory. It has a currently unused swapfile in it. Why?

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Note that this latter machine used a patched installer to get High Sierra installed.

Both machines work perfectly fine. Can either of these directories be safely deleted? If not, should...

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