From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Feb 11 10:30:51 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54B4A37B401 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:30:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from deimos.frii.net (deimos.frii.com [216.17.128.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E0C143F93 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:30:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tpconnolly@frii.com) Received: from tconnolly (g8denver.org [207.109.48.8] (may be forged)) by deimos.frii.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h1BIUigX042604; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:30:44 -0700 (MST) From: "Thomas Connolly" To: "'Johnson David'" , "'Peter'" Cc: Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:30:43 -0700 Message-ID: <000a01c2d1fb$b0dc76b0$5608a8c0@ceesi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-reply-to: <3E493FDA.4020301@acuson.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Here here! I agree with everything you said. Thomas P. Connolly Senior Development Engineer Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc. Phone: (970) 897-2711 Fax: (970) 897-2710 Email: tconnolly@ceesi.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Johnson David Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:24 AM To: Peter Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unix Freebsd Peter wrote: > Hello people, > > Maybe a stupid question but iam working lately on a unixbased system.. > and i am learning the skills... > At mine work we have a discussion about the names of the folders > especially one folder; ETC.. lot of books [internetfiles] comment this > one as ETCetera... > Is this true? I'm sure there's a real acronym in there somewhere, but I prefer to think of it as simply "etcetera". I've been using UNIX for twenty years, and no one has set me straight yet. > And are the next ones true? BIN=Binairy USR=Unix Sytem Resources?? bin = "bin" as in executable binary, and not "bin" as in storage bin. usr = short for "user", at least that's how I always viewed it. I'm probably wrong, but old habits die hard. It makes sense, because software that is meant for the multiple users (either end users or sysadmins) are stored in /usr somewhere, unless they are needed at boot time or in single user mode. In the long run, these names mean whatever you want them to mean. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message