From: random832@fastmail.us (Random832)
Subject: [TUHS] Understanding the /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin Split
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:32:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F2A907D.9000000@fastmail.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120201121214.55c73577@cnb.csic.es>
On 2/1/2012 6:12 AM, Jose R. Valverde wrote:
> So, beyond the point of filling up a disk (and that's the point for the partition
> system) there was a need to ensure you could separate user data from system data:
> adding user programs or data to a separate space (disk, partition, whatever)
> ensured the system space was not filled and the system would not become unusable.
The thing is, /usr isn't "user data". That's /home. /usr is just "more
system space".
And this article never actually explains sbin. Or /usr/share, which is
interesting because as I understand it it's designed to be shareable
between multiple computers of possibly different architectures
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-02 13:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-31 19:16 A. P. Garcia
2012-01-31 19:27 ` Warner Losh
2012-02-01 11:12 ` Jose R. Valverde
2012-02-01 17:35 ` Warner Losh
2012-02-02 13:32 ` Random832 [this message]
2012-02-02 17:24 ` Warner Losh
2012-02-02 17:36 ` John Cowan
2012-02-02 18:10 ` Warner Losh
2012-02-02 21:14 ` Dave Horsfall
2012-02-02 21:49 ` Warner Losh
2012-02-02 22:29 ` Tim Newsham
2012-02-02 22:47 ` Warner Losh
2012-02-02 22:59 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-02-02 23:33 ` Warner Losh
2012-03-13 16:09 ` [TUHS] ASR 37 teletype desired by LCM / Vulcan.com John Foust
2012-02-02 22:53 ` [TUHS] Understanding the /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin Split Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-02-02 23:35 ` Warner Losh
2012-02-03 11:10 ` Tim Bradshaw
2012-02-03 15:22 ` Jose R. Valverde
2012-02-03 16:06 ` Ronald Natalie
2012-02-03 16:09 ` Steve Nickolas
2012-02-02 17:40 ` Warner Losh
2012-02-02 18:02 ` Tim Newsham
2012-02-02 13:45 ` Tim Bradshaw
2012-02-01 9:26 arnold
2012-02-02 13:35 ` Tim Bradshaw
2012-02-02 13:49 ` Larry McVoy
2012-02-02 23:16 Norman Wilson
2012-02-02 23:37 ` Carl Lowenstein
2012-02-02 23:58 ` John Cowan
2012-02-04 19:34 Pepe
2012-02-04 21:05 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2012-02-05 8:38 Hendrik Jan Thomassen
2012-02-05 10:13 ` Jaap Akkerhuis
2012-02-05 17:15 ` Warner Losh
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