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Am Sat, 10 Feb 2018 19:38:56 +0000 schrieb Wols Lists: |
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> On 10/02/18 18:56, Kai Krakow wrote: |
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>> role and /usr takes the role of /, and /home already took the role of |
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>> /usr (that's why it's called /usr, it was user data in early unix). The |
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> Actually no, not at all. /usr is not short for USeR, it's an acronym for |
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> User System Resources, which is why it contains OS stuff, not user |
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> stuff. Very confusing, I know. |
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From https://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.html: |
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> In the original Unix implementations, /usr was where the home |
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> directories of the users were placed (that is to say, /usr/someone was |
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> then the directory now known as /home/someone). In current Unices, /usr |
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> is where user-land programs and data (as opposed to 'system land' |
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> programs and data) are. The name hasn't changed, but it's meaning has |
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> narrowed and lengthened from "everything user related" to "user usable |
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> programs and data". As such, some people may now refer to this |
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> directory as meaning 'User System Resources' and not 'user' as was |
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> originally intended. |
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So, actually the acronym was only invented later to represent the new |
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role of the directory. ;-) |
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Regards, |
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Kai |
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