by standbyme_.. » Fri, 29 May 1998 04:00:00
Hi all,
All these directories are for executable binary, right ? How does one
decide which executable binary goes to which directory ?
/usr/bin : For what ?
/usr/local/bin: for what ?
/sbin : ??
/opt/bin : ??
/var/opt/bin : ??
Is there any other /bin beside those above ?
Thanks
by andy » Sat, 30 May 1998 04:00:00
/usr/bin : For what ? for solaris tools
/usr/local/bin: for what ? for your tools (local to that
server/site/company)
/sbin : ?? for system tools (system bin)
/opt/bin : ?? for add-on options tools
/var/opt/bin : ?? same again
1. /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin etc
Hi,
Could somebody give me a reason why I shouldn't create one directory for binaries say /usr/bin, move all files from /bin and /usr/local/bin to /usr/bin and make /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin symlinks to /usr/bin (and the same thing for the /sbin /usr/sbin and /usr/local/sbin)?
I'm building my own 'distribution' from sources and it made me wonder why I should have three bin dirs in my case (there's no need for system dependant/independant seperation since this box isn't on any network (other than Internet) and no other people besides me login to this box).
I'm sure there are several good reasons, but I wonder if they would apply to me in this case.
Thanks for any answer and if it's not a problem for you, i'd like to receive a response via email.
--
Thanks,
Gerard Beekmans
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