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Re: Standard Directory Trees ?
- To: John Mullee <john at exmachina dot net>
- Subject: Re: Standard Directory Trees ?
- From: Andres Heinloo <lka at physic dot ut dot ee>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:05:13 +0200 (EET DST)
- cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: Andres Heinloo <lka at physic dot ut dot ee>
On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, John Mullee wrote:
> Being new to un*x in general, I probably have more trouble than most
> figuring out where things should be;
> I also experience confusion when installing other people's software
> who different paths for different things;
>
> I wonder if some kind of consensus might be reached vis-à-vis
> recommended or default paths, as it strikes me that just
> saying 'create a /tmp directory' after installing
> is not really enough to get people started.
Take a look at Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
Andres.
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