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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 22:14:10 -0500
To: "Aaron" <click46@webpimps.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
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I believe it is assumed that directories & files (including "stuff") will
be created and placed in the various user $HOME directories....

At 07:57 PM 8.23.2001 -0700, Aaron wrote:
>
>  After months of using FreeBSD, there is only one area in which I am 
>still quite fuzzy. There seems to be no real standard place to 
>install "stuff". For example, when I installed Samba the other day, I 
>decided to use ./configure --prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/usr. Bad idea, I 
>realized, since my 88M / slice began to fill up and now nmbd core dumps 
>when stopped.
>
>  So my question is, how does one make an informed decision as to where 
>to place what? I know all unices have different places for different 
>things - what are FreeBSD's? For example, what goes in /usr/local/ 
>and /usr?
>
>Thanks for any light you could shed on the subject. I know my question is 
>posed in the most elegant matter but I hope it makes sense.
>
>- aaron
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Jack L. Stone,
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