Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 11:06:25 -0500 (EST) From: Andriss <andriss@argate.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin, sbin, another bin... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980902110550.19776B-100000@tasam.com>
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Hello everyone, I installed 2.2.7-release, and everything seems working fine, though I have a question about the directories where all binaries are put in. >From what I understand there are these dirs: /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/sbin My question is, why so many? what is the reason for keeping all these dirs, instead of, say, one? Is it because /bin and /usr/bin are on different slices, so that /bin sits on root slice? If so, what is /sbin? I know this is not a real practical question, but I just want to see the logic of file placement in UNIX. Thanks you, Andriss P.S. oh, yes, there is also /usr/X11R6/bin, but it's understandable that only X files are put there. ________________________________________ Andriss@ArGate.com http://ArGate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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