> From: Gary R. Van Sickle
> "%Program Files% => /usr/local/bin" would be a disaster
> wrapped in a tragedy
> wrapped in a thin candy shell. You'd have .exe's from Hell
> to breakfast in
> "Program Files",
which is pretty contrary to normal Windows
> practice.
====
Well, "/opt" was my other choice and probably more appropriate.
But I guess I wasn't clear..."%ProgramFiles%" is a system set variable
on NT systems...and I thought Win98, but don't remember and am too
lazy to go boot it. Normally it points to "C:\Program Files",
but there's no reason why it can't be pointed to another directory.
"/opt" seems a better choice since it is commonly used as a place
to put "add-on" packages in.
I wasn't meaning to infer mv "C:\Program Files\*\* /usr/local/bin",
that'd be guaranteed to be, at least as bad as you describe, if not
much worse! :-)
-l
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