Where to put user written program

[djgoku]

On 7/18/07, James Sissel <jimsissel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm using Ubuntu 6.06 for my web server.  I've written a Perl program to
> parse my /var/log/messages file and place certain data into a mySQL
> database.  I use PHP to read that database and create a nice webpage for
> myself to I can check the log easily.  The question is, where should I place
> the Perl program?  It should only be run as root and I'd like to create a
> daily cron job to run it.  Options are (among others):
>
> /bin
> /sbin
> /root

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard

    /usr/sbin/ -- Non-essential system binaries (e.g. daemons for
various network-services).

or

   /usr/local/bin/