From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Feb 11 10:38: 6 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 7578237B401 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:38:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E084843FB1 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:38:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jolok@myrealbox.com) Received: from inspectorbox jolok@smtp-send.myrealbox.com [130.94.160.46] by smtp-send.myrealbox.com with NetMail SMTP Agent $Revision: 3.28 $ on Novell NetWare; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:38:03 -0700 From: "Joshua Lokken" To: "Thomas Connolly" , "'Johnson David'" , "'Peter'" Cc: Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:38:01 -0800 Message-ID: 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 IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-reply-to: <000a01c2d1fb$b0dc76b0$5608a8c0@ceesi.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 Thanks! Joshua > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Thomas Connolly > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:31 AM > To: 'Johnson David'; 'Peter' > Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message