On Tue, Jan 10, 2017, pereira wrote:
> I learn a lot here... keep it going!
>
> > Like /usr
> > No, it is NOT a short name fuer /user
> > It is an abbreviation of UNIX system ressources.
> >
> > We have to live with it since 1970 :-)
That's a total urban legend, a folk etymology, and a
I learn a lot here... keep it going!
Like /usr
No, it is NOT a short name fuer /user
It is an abbreviation of UNIX system ressources.
We have to live with it since 1970 :-)
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On Tue 2017-01-10 (21:48), Peter Flynn wrote:
(/opt)
> The idea has merit but the name is bad.
> What I said: call things what they are, not what imagination offers.
> Calling it /apps might have been a better idea, but it's too late now,
> just another ill-considered name that needs better
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Ulli Horlacher
> SysV UNIX
On 01/10/2017 12:17 PM, Benjamin P. August wrote:
> In some worlds it was /opt and others it was /usr/local that got used
> for extra packages.
> But Solaris (SysV based) used /opt, and once upon a time it was the #1
> proprietary
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:34 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 7:53 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:45 AM, Ulli Horlacher <
> frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu 2017-01-05 (09:28), Kevin
Of course it depends onthe developer/packager to an extent(whether or
not they follow standards). Thereare the occasional packages that
install under /opt yet also put stuff under /usr/lib, /usr/share, etc.
Fortunately that doesn't happen too often. On our Solaris boxen, we have
stuff in just
In some worlds it was /opt and others it was /usr/local that got used for
extra packages.
But Solaris (SysV based) used /opt, and once upon a time it was the #1
proprietary UNIX.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:06 AM, Ulli Horlacher <
frams...@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
> On Mon 2017-01-09 (22:33),