On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 10:52:54PM +0200, Harrell wrote: > So my doubt is: Is "usr" an abbreviation of "user"? If that is so (as as
Chapter 4 of Greg Lehey's Porting Unix Software http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/PUS/ has the following to say about the /usr directory: This directory used to be the other file system on a UNIX machine. In the System V ABI it has lost most of its importance. The ABI states uses only for /usr/bin and /usr/share, and the name /usr has lost its original meaning: the ABI specifies /usr only as a location for system files that users may wish to access.
