From: rad@merlin.think.com (Bob Doolittle) Subject: Re: Linux File System Document Revision 1.0 Date: 10 Mar 1992 15:33:32
In article <1992Mar9.143345.23474@rock.concert.net> abc@banjo.concert.net (Alan B Clegg) writes:
Root Directory:
Files:
{none defined by spec}
Directories:
bin dev etc home lib mnt usr
Rationale:
The root directory should not be cluttered with files or
directories, and should contain no user programs.
Something you didn't address - the home directory for root. I respectfully
suggest it *not* be /usr/root, because /usr may well be a mountable file
system (it is in my case), which causes various startup problems. Most
systems have the home directory for root be /. I suggest we change it to
there, in spite of the problems with cluttering / (how much really gets put
into root's home directory anyway, other than . startup files which don't
show up and clutter a directory listing?).
-Bob
P.S. For the record I also suggested we add the /usr/man/catN directories
to Alan off-line, since I don't expect much controvery here.
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Thinking Machines Corporation
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