Re: Re: Files in /usr/share/misc

2021-01-25 Thread mj-mailinglist
Thank you all for the input. So, this directory is a little bit like the bottom drawer on my desk, where i put things, i don't know where to put else :) the hier man page states: misc/ miscellaneous system-wide ASCII text files About half of the files are ASCII text, according to the file co

Re: Files in /usr/share/misc

2021-01-24 Thread Philip Paeps via freebsd-current
On 2021-01-24 21:35:40 (+0800), mj-mailingl...@gmx.de wrote: - some FreeBSD project related files, like: bsd-family-tree.dot, committers-*.dot, organization.dot These would better be part of the documentation. BTW, on 12.x they are out of date: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2

Re: Files in /usr/share/misc

2021-01-24 Thread Enji Cooper
> On Jan 24, 2021, at 05:36, mj-mailingl...@gmx.de wrote: > What is the history behind /usr/share/misc? Hi Martin, Have you read “man hier”, by chance? This might elucidate things a bit. Cheers, -Enji ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list h

Files in /usr/share/misc

2021-01-24 Thread mj-mailinglist
While browsing the filesystem, i found the folder /usr/share/misc and now i am curious, what kind of files and why they were put there. The list on "13.0-ALPHA2 stable/13-f76393a63" looks like this: -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 3170 Jan 24 09:18 ascii -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 5265 Jun 25 2