From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 626d2e33 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:55:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2635FA1E15; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:55:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D7E79E99B; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:54:36 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b=c36IYUSI; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 3479E9E99B; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:54:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wm1-f41.google.com (mail-wm1-f41.google.com [209.85.128.41]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4C7E09E998 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 23:54:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wm1-f41.google.com with SMTP id o18-v6so6095188wmc.0 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 06:54:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=8qHP9zX4sVb5TuwSYCgY7yzoI4un3NIVYAaMJBnKIjw=; b=c36IYUSIeYdR8CLEzNrQExS+xc+4wNFW2orIIJpLk/5f7S/r8jxETKnfaNLe02o0U4 2OQf7+gFN8GGVS5RzKKhLVsjcaD6azMZ9eXJnWN+jPGtBheKAEl6Avaao37mc5eUHQhF CRStsaQsc1ZlVEUaAI2kK1cd7q5EQ/FToFQHh2EC9A49KkjrNU1DcP0KdPcpPmCslQGj UqBz2Bq+xcBnesdMtc598H1Zesc4OEJ2Z0VDAsQP0+DP2OK7FfXA03NFeM9+Uqv9Mfys Oq009anFE3l94Q0KEGELS3b1VWDeJv67YxN/jmaIAibON5OEe6wYhneLwxucqX86D51Y M4zw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=8qHP9zX4sVb5TuwSYCgY7yzoI4un3NIVYAaMJBnKIjw=; b=I3+TISmYEwHlPRmuULxwzUsigIQUczeW2eAvLQYmJjhTQLSGyVmoPWwNs8oBOV2UcB fuEpN4oY4r/AgZpxk6tyE19EovG7nEFtFk5rxgP2zUfw/Z70lAEUcKMW+O/PEsQKpRfL cxSMujMl/wHDhQxLgoXvzvyRtIF7i7pJ2GApCOcQOVEfhcWTbbbWcOIvdXfq3XlvsDmb 6ozwOJRYJki+Dk+SPKHcnCAVk7gZ1RpywDs310pKbmF74GlIX1XasSFTbB9mG49tB5rc a5RrkMAohRlqAfEllRt5VwXVtYwtEzuL3YuMfWcANbNqIv1bimfa5loCDakXDzFoHmmF 9Dhw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfohg26hbo6cg+RvGYCafBH5IU9FTxkLQgXAxZEESB3rUO8zIjtAv 3RNJ3/McLDwlZNZxd18x23/djoYwReUkgf+V0nI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV630KVJJlRd5jwqQ6lrsc6v8Gps7NOp56IoAk+6fkStpeGL1bM+rh9XdwozQsL13BkU6NR87JLlfT/pu98oZN0Q= X-Received: by 2002:a1c:4c0c:: with SMTP id z12-v6mr7695919wmf.57.1538056470539; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 06:54:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:adf:c546:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 06:54:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <633187202.18875.1538053129435.JavaMail.tomcat@india-live-be04> References: <20180927120854.u8rei%ca6c@bitmessage.ch> <633187202.18875.1538053129435.JavaMail.tomcat@india-live-be04> From: "John P. Linderman" Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:54:29 -0400 Message-ID: To: Donald ODona Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000009238470576daad36" Subject: Re: [TUHS] The origin of /home X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000009238470576daad36 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable More opinion, unencumbered by facts. /usr contained many sudirectories, like /usr/bin and /usr/lib, that were essential to an operational OS. Home directories, on the other hand, persisted unchanged when new releases of an OS were installed. Some of us had symlinks from /usr into a separate file system to make the distinction easier to maintain across releases. On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Donald ODona wrote: > At 27 Sep 2018 12:11:15 +0000 (+00:00) from "C=C3=A1g" : > > Hi, > > > Also, what was the > > rationale of moving the directory to /home? > originally /usr, placed on a separate disk, was what became /home much > later. Then disk space of / was running out and more an more applications > and libs were moved to the /usr device. > Much later in the 80ths much more disk space was available and a separate > /home was created. Exacly when I don't know, but there was no /home in Ed= . > 7 but System V release 3 had it already. > --0000000000009238470576daad36 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mor= e opinion, unencumbered by facts. /usr contained many sudirectories, like /= usr/bin and /usr/lib, that were essential to an operational OS. Home direct= ories, on the other hand, persisted unchanged when new releases of an OS we= re installed. Some of us had symlinks from /usr into a separate file system= to make the distinction easier to maintain across releases.

On Thu, Sep 27, 2018= at 8:58 AM, Donald ODona <mutiny.mutiny@india.com> wr= ote:
At 27 Sep 2018 12:11:15 +0000 (+00:0= 0) from "C=C3=A1g" <ca6c= @bitmessage.ch>:
> Hi,
>
Also, what was the
> rationale of moving the directory to /home?
originally /usr, placed on a separate disk, was what became /home mu= ch later. Then disk space of / was running out and more an more application= s and libs were moved to the /usr device.
Much later in the 80ths much more disk space was available and a separate /= home was created. Exacly when I don't know, but there was no /home in E= d. 7 but System V release 3 had it already.

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