Re: [expert] /etc is for miscellaneous files?

2002-01-26 Thread dfox
So sprach »Felix Miata« am 2002-01-24 um 14:31:28 -0500 : >What about /usr/local/share for non-binaries? /usr/share (or /usr/local/share) is often a good place to put non-binary things (such as documentation). Problems arise because /usr/local really is for 'local' files (stuff outside the dist

Re: [expert] /etc is for miscellaneous files?

2002-01-25 Thread James
On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 22:21:45 +1100 pesarif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I read in the Linux Pocketbook that /etc is for "miscellaneous files". > It's only for config files isn't it? Does anyone know the significance of the name /etc (why not /config?)? > > Thanks, > pesarif >Fr

Re: [expert] /etc is for miscellaneous files?

2002-01-24 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Felix Miata« am 2002-01-24 um 14:31:28 -0500 : > Randy Kramer wrote: > > > Tom Badran wrote: > > > > > I read in the Linux Pocketbook that /etc is for "miscellaneous files". > > > > It's only for config files isn't it? Does anyone know the significance of the >name /etc (why not /c

Re: [expert] /etc is for miscellaneous files?

2002-01-24 Thread Felix Miata
Randy Kramer wrote: > Tom Badran wrote: > > > I read in the Linux Pocketbook that /etc is for "miscellaneous files". > > > It's only for config files isn't it? Does anyone know the significance of the >name /etc (why not /config?)? > My guess (absolutely just a guess) would be from etc. (et

Re: [expert] /etc is for miscellaneous files?

2002-01-24 Thread Tom Badran
> I read in the Linux Pocketbook that /etc is for "miscellaneous files". > It's only for config files isn't it? Does anyone know the significance of the name >/etc (why not /config?)? Electronic Terminal Configuration (just guessing - i have no idea). -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Imperial Colle

Re: [expert] /etc is for miscellaneous files?

2002-01-24 Thread Randy Kramer
Tom Badran wrote: > > I read in the Linux Pocketbook that /etc is for "miscellaneous files". > > It's only for config files isn't it? Does anyone know the significance of the >name /etc (why not /config?)? > > Electronic Terminal Configuration (just guessing - i have no idea). My guess (absolu

[expert] /etc is for miscellaneous files?

2002-01-24 Thread pesarif
Hello, I read in the Linux Pocketbook that /etc is for "miscellaneous files". It's only for config files isn't it? Does anyone know the significance of the name /etc (why not /config?)? Thanks, pesarif Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.co