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- Subject: Re: File structure
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 13:49:32 +0000
- From: "C.P.Briscoe-Smith" <cpbs@ukc.ac.uk>
-
- PS (Pre-Script): This is my first post here -- in fact anywhere, so
- if I make any ghastly mistakes, please let me know!
-
- >>The MiNT distribution kit sets up the following directory structure:
- >>
- >> /etc machine-biased files/programs
- >> /bin 'important' binaries
- >
- >How's about /bin -> /usr/bin
-
- In the unix world, there are a few reasons for keeping /bin separate...
-
- - Historical. Doesn't apply to us!
-
- - Safety. You can keep /bin (and other stuff) on a separate partition
- from /usr/* so that if your /usr partition crashes/breaks down/is
- eaten by a wild gnu :-) or whatever, you can still boot up using the
- utils from /bin.
-
- - Speed. If just the most frequently used commands are in /bin, and
- /bin is the first place in the search path, they are found quickly,
- since it isn't necessary to search through hundreds of other
- commands. Also, if /bin is on a faster device (eg a ramdisk) there's
- an extra speedup to be gained.
-
- That said, the only unix systems I've used have had /bin linked to
- /usr/bin...
-
- >>BTW: I vote for MiNX as the name for the more-unix-alike system (if we
- >>need one. I've found that undeffing anything to do with the ST is the easiest
- >>way to get things to compile <grin>)
-
- I vote for MiNX too!
-
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- Yours,
- /\
- \/\/\/\___
- Charles P. Briscoe-Smith
- Vice-President in Charge of Illegible Signatures
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