Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 00:47:37 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: doc@freebsd.org, Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> Subject: Re: docs/21057: Little correction of hier(8) Message-ID: <20000919004737.B3924@parish>
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On Fri, 08 Sep 2000 08:56:17 GMT, Salvo Bartolotta wrote: > 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. I prefer Unix System Resources as well, however, in The Unix Programming Environment by Kernighan & Pike (1984) I find: p22: "On many systems, /usr is a directory that contains the directories of all the users of the system." p48: "/usr is often the top directory of the user filesystem (user is abbreviated to usr in the same spirit as cmp, ls, etc.)." p64 (Table 2.1): /usr user file system p65: "/usr is called the `user file system', although it may have little to do with the actual users of the system." So, what is the correct answer? Should I commit this PR, or just close it. It shouldn't be left lying around. > Chris Coleman > Daemon News > http://www.daemonnews.org > Bringing BSD together > ------------------- End of Forwarded Message ------------------------- > Best regards, > Salvo -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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