Tobias DiPasquale on Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:30:31 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] directory conventions


On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 21:44, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:02:05PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote:
> > Something under /usr/share/ is normal, I believe, but for a home
> > computer, I think you could allow yourself a *little* more flexibility
> > :)
> 
> /usr's a bit of a misnomer these days. It's not so much intended for
> the users, it's intended for the OS-provided utilities that aren't
> absolutely core to functions.

I was told that /usr stood for UNIX Software Repository and didn't have
anything to do with users, per se.

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