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Re: Standard Directory Trees ?



On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, John Mullee wrote:

> Being new to un*x in general, I probably have more trouble than most
> figuring out where things should be;
> I also experience confusion when installing other people's software
> who different paths for different things;
> 
> I wonder if some kind of consensus might be reached vis-à-vis
> recommended or default paths, as it strikes me that just
> saying 'create a /tmp directory' after installing
> is not really enough to get people started.

Take a look at Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, http://www.pathname.com/fhs/


Andres.

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