Am 01.07.2012 07:40, schrieb Les Mikesell:
[distinction between /bin and /usr/bin]
> The concept really comes from the original unix, which back in the
> day, often had really tiny boot disks and might mount everything else
> over the network or use different drive types to hold the larger /usr
> space.

The separation predates Unix networking. IIRC /usr/bin was
already there on Unix Version 7 on the PDP-11, before Ethernet
was even invented.

-- 
Tilman Schmidt
Phoenix Software GmbH
Bonn, Germany

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