From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 9 5: 0:11 2001 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 2405D37B403 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 05:00:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f79C08Z90448; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 05:00:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 747BB37B401 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 04:50:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f79BooR87641; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 04:50:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200108091150.f79BooR87641@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 04:50:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Enderle To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: docs/29562: hier(7) still not very helpfull/exact Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 29562 >Category: docs >Synopsis: hier(7) still not very helpfull/exact >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: wish >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 09 05:00:07 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steven Enderle >Release: 4.3-STABLE >Organization: mdn Hübner GmbH >Environment: - >Description: 1) /usr/ is still discribed as "contains the majority of user utilities and applications" i think this will mislead to think about "usr" as a short for "user" Maybe the manpage should (IMHO) more correctly state "usr" as a short for "Unix System Resources". see google-> 'usr "Unix System Resources"' http://www.google.de/search?q=usr+%22Unix+System+Resources%22&hl=de&safe=off 2) it is unclear to me where to store special application data of my servers. in freebsd, it seems to be *scattered* around in the filesystem. --- examples: commonly i would guess to store, as the manpage states, "multi-purpose log, temporary, _transient_, and spool files" in /var. Although there is /usr/ports (which changes often in my point of view), /usr/obj and /usr/src, which seem to be very dynamic also. ok, someone could say its static if you don't cvsup it, but i think it is thought to do so. Not to talk about (some) installed ports (say, apache, samba, postgresql), which all save highly changing data under /usr/local. --- But to get at the point: Where should i save my special application data, such as big samba shares, data of custom applications, etc? Should i put it in /var/myapp, or simply in /myapp? /usr/myapp would also come into question ..... or /home/myapp which i see some- times also. Is there a standart defined? I think thats not as much as a *bug* as a problem between keyboard and chair on my side, but i guess it would be helpfull to some people to state something like 'thats the place where your data fits in' in the hier(7) manpage. I am waiting for your comments Thanks >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message