Re: /usr directory: a system or user place?

2010-05-01 Thread Denny White
On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 11:18:01AM +1000, Rod Whitworth spoke thusly: > On Sat, 1 May 2010 20:23:50 -0400, Barry Miller wrote: > > >Yes, I know this is somewhat off-topic, but I think it's fascinating, > >like, "Why'd they call it 'awk'?" Now there's an acronym for you. > > > Did you leave that

Re: /usr directory: a system or user place?

2010-05-01 Thread Rod Whitworth
On Sat, 1 May 2010 20:23:50 -0400, Barry Miller wrote: >Yes, I know this is somewhat off-topic, but I think it's fascinating, >like, "Why'd they call it 'awk'?" Now there's an acronym for you. > Did you leave that as an "exercise for the reader" ? It's too easy and, although I'm not spoiling the

Re: /usr directory: a system or user place?

2010-05-01 Thread Barry Miller
On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 10:52:54PM +0200, Harrell wrote: > Is "usr" an abbreviation of "user"? ... just for curiosity, what is > the origin of this directory name? Your question has already been answered, but in case you are looking for documentation, here's Dennis Ritchie (as in K&R C)in the 197

Re: /usr directory: a system or user place?

2010-05-01 Thread Matthew Szudzik
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 us

Re: /usr directory: a system or user place?

2010-05-01 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Sat, 1 May 2010 22:52:54 +0200 Harrell wrote: > Hi list, > > Not no off-topic, but a little unix history oriented question. > > In hier(7) OpenBSD describe /usr as "Contains the majority of user > utilities and applications". > > In > http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/delooze/teaching/IC221/Lect

Re: /usr directory: a system or user place?

2010-05-01 Thread Chris Bennett
On 05/01/10 15:52, Harrell wrote: Hi list, Not no off-topic, but a little unix history oriented question. In hier(7) OpenBSD describe /usr as "Contains the majority of user utilities and applications". In http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/delooze/teaching/IC221/Lectures/LN02/class02.html they say t

/usr directory: a system or user place?

2010-05-01 Thread Harrell
Hi list, Not no off-topic, but a little unix history oriented question. In hier(7) OpenBSD describe /usr as "Contains the majority of user utilities and applications". In http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/delooze/teaching/IC221/Lectures/LN02/class02.html they say that /usr "Stands for Unix System Res