The (F)ilesystem (H)ierarchy (S)tandard tries to standardize the various paths and offers exhaustive explanations. It makes an interesting read, I think.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ Christian > -----Original Message----- > From: w trillich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 12:19 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: paths (/usr/this, /usr/that) > > > my 2.1 cd installed a great deal of stuff under /usr/doc, > and the new potato (i.e. 'apt-get upgrade', with > /etc/apt/sources.list pointing to 'frozen') puts bunches > of stuff in /usr/share/doc. > > what's the functional or intellectual distinction: > /lib > /usr/lib > /usr/local/lib > /var/lib > > /usr/doc > /usr/share/doc > > /bin > /usr/bin > /usr/local/bin > /sbin > /usr/sbin > /usr/local/sbin > > this topic is covered briefly in one-o-them HOWTOs, which i can't > find right off hand... (dhelp search for directories? paths? > structure? besides, having just reinstalled everything, dsearch > isn't finding squat anyway...) > > some of these are more obvious to me than others; i bet a couple > of you newer debian-user subscribers (like me) are interested in > this, too. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
