On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 02:45:24PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote: > * Steve Lamb said: > > Again, please do not reply above. It is rude. > No, it might be inconvenient for YOU, but it's not rude. You are rude, all > the time. > > > Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 3:34:05 PM, Jonathan wrote: > > > On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > > >> Then why /home/ftp instead of /ftp? Why /var/htdocs instead of /www? > > > How do you know I don't do just that, via symlinks? I bet you'd never > > > have > > > guessed I have /usr/src/linux symlinked to /sys > > > > OK, now argue it as a standard for everyone as /opt is. > /opt is a de-facto standard. By usage. By tradition. By habit. By convence.
If i remember well, /opt is a Systeme 5 stuff, will /usr/local is a BSD stuff, taken over by most linux distribs these days. on my sun, i have a /opt but no /usr/local for example. Friendly, Sven LUTHER
