On Tue, Apr 27, 1999, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <xfmail.990427164753.ste...@iol.ie> "Steve O'Hara-Smith" writes: > : I had always understood that sbin meant static binaries (ie: > : those that could be used even when /lib is hosed) and should contain > : the vital binaries for such situations. I have just failed to locate > : the documentation that has left me believing this so could somebody > : confirm (or deny) ? > > /sbin is for "System binaries", which are traditionally linked static. > since both system and static begin with 's' there has been much > confusion over what, exactly, sbin means. The first part of this is > in hier(7).
My god, that man page is horrible! I'll fix it up. > > Don't know why md5 is in /sbin vs /bin or /usr/sbin, to be honest. > > Warner > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- Chris Costello <ch...@calldei.com> How was Thomas J. Watson buried? 9 edge down.
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