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Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 17:35:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: Writable /usr?
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On Tue, 5 May 1998, MIKE JENKINS wrote:

>Don't the /usr/share/man/catX directories belong elsewhere?

No. 'cat' stuff should go right next to 'man' stuff. '/var' is for things
that are temporary and transient. Once a 'cat' page is generated it is
permanent and unchanging.

>Linux correctly puts them in /var following the File System
>Standard (FSSTND) now called the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
>(FHS) at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/.

The FSSTND document states "The FSSTND specified a standard filesystem
structure for Linux systems"

This is FreeBSD.

IRIX "correctly" puts things somewhere else.
OSF "correctly" puts things yet another place. 

Also, the generation of cat pages is entirely optional and can be
disabled.

This is where the term "unix flavor" becomes important.

If you need to knwo more about the FreeBSD "unix flavor" hierarchy, read
'man hier'.

Thank you,       | Try some of this. It will show you where you're at.
Jason Wells	 | http://www.freebsd.org/


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