From: bjl@loki.research.ptt.nl (Ben Lippolt) Subject: Re: No /usr/local please (Would you please Shut Up?) Date: 25 Sep 1992 06:16:32 GMT
davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:
> /bin historical, not used
> /usr/bin executables for stuff in the Linux distribution
> (may be a mount)
> /sbin standalone binaries, single user stuff
> (must be in root)
> /var/spool spool stuff, logs
> /var/uucp uucp
> /etc no executables!
> /lib libraries from the distribution
Where are /usr/lib and /usr/etc?
> /usr/local
> /bin non-distribution binaries
> /src if you keep your source here
> /lib libs for /usr/local/bin programs
> /etc config for stuff not in the distribution
In my setup '/lib' is on my (very small) root-disk and contains the
shared libraries. The rest of my library stuff is in '/usr/lib'. I also
use a '/sbin' and I have sym-linked '/bin' to '/usr/bin'. To many programs
assume things are in '/bin' (like many shell-scripts with '#!/bin/sh' in
the header).
Ben Lippolt