From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Sep 8 1: 0: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ADD437B423 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id BAA16970; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200009080800.BAA16970@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Salvo Bartolotta Subject: FW: Re: docs/21057: Little correction of hier(8) Reply-To: Salvo Bartolotta Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/21057; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Salvo Bartolotta To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: enderle@mdn.de Subject: FW: Re: docs/21057: Little correction of hier(8) Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 08:56:17 GMT [ first sent to -doc; I just forgot to also send to gnats *mea maxima=20 culpa* ] Dear FreeBSD doc'ers, In my quest for the Holy Grail, ahem, for the origin of the /usr "acronym", I received the following letter from Chris Coleman: --------------------- Forwarded Message ------------------------- At the moment, I cannot recall where I got that tid bit of information. Regardless of whether it originally stood for "user" or not, calling it "User" would confuse new users.. Currently, the Unix System Resources live there and that is what it should be called. (IMHO) I may be alone in this definition, but that definition is at least 4 years old. I never questioned it. (Although, I may not be alone, because I have been propigating that definition for the last 3-4 years.) I found this definition in my searching, which may be more correct. Mount point for sharable user commands, libraries, and documentation. http://www.kelley.iu.edu/shyu/hpguide.html#files Still, I'd prefer to keep using the Unix System Resources as a good acronym to help people remember and distinguish between "user" files and "system" files. Feel Free to forward this to -doc if it helps any. Chris Coleman Daemon News http://www.daemonnews.org Bringing BSD together ------------------- End of Forwarded Message ------------------------- Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message