Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 11:05:03 -0400 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: Rasmus Kaj <kaj@raditex.se> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/21057: Little correction of hier(8) Message-ID: <39B65D1F.EF7D545B@mail.ptd.net> References: <200009051350.GAA66575@freefall.freebsd.org> <84n1hmgapd.fsf@frodo.sickla.raditex.se>
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Rasmus Kaj wrote: > > >>>>> "NC" == Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > > NC> On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 02:30:20AM -0700, enderle@mdn.de wrote: > >> My you add a note to hier(8), that /usr comes from unix system resources > >> not from user? > > NC> I've always wondered what 'usr' stood for. Do you have a cite for that > NC> definition? > > According to FOLDOC [1], the "user" explanation is the correct > one. Seems sane to me, as the "unix system resourses" (such as > /kernel, /dev, /bin, /etc) lives outside /usr ... > > Might the case be that "Unix System Resources" is an > afterconstruction? Or is it just so unknown that even FOLDOC has it > wrong? I think that is correct. Back in the Olden Days (V7), the user home directories were in /usr. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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