From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 21 10:40:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350F616A4CF for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:40:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA90C43FBF for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:40:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id hALIeTl20544; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:40:30 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200311211840.hALIeTl20544@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: murphyf+fhs@f-m.fm (Frank Murphy) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 13:40:29 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200311211923.11750.murphyf+fhs@f-m.fm> from "Frank Murphy" at Nov 21, 2003 07:23:09 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Jerry McAllister cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD, FHS, and /mnt/cdrom X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:40:35 -0000 > > One of the ideas behind this new directory of mount points is that some kind > of automounter could then create and delete directories someplace as needed > without affecting anyone. So while not as large in K as a logfile, the > contents of the directory could get pretty large. (Probably a realistic max > of 20 items, but enough to rule out leaving it in /.) > > Just because /var is a symlink to /lump/var shouldn't affect that. Yah, but, it adds just another level of indirection and possible confusion. I would prefer my mounts to be more clear. Hmmm, a place for an automounter to work... Well, that could involve more than just media devices - demand directories of files and home directories or users' scratch directories come to mind - so maybe a better name than media could be discovered. On our Sun systems it is in /opt/home, but I never liked it that way because we also use the name home for another directory someplace else plus opt ends up being a garbage dump for everything they haven't thought out well on Suns. ////jerry