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Thanks for the URL, but I had this question after reading this very |
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It doesn't explain the history or the reason there are two /bin, /sbin. |
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-----Original Message----- |
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From: Justin Findlay [mailto:jfindlay@×××××.com] |
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:36 AM |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question re: /usr |
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On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley <kmb@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created? |
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> It has a /bin and /sbin with similar binaries as the root equivalents. |
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> I have read that it's called the secondary hierarchy and it's sharable and |
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> meant to be read only (these days) ... but what is it for and why do we |
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> duplication of /bin and /sbin? |
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http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html |
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Justin |
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