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========================================================================= Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 22:36:04 -0400
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Subject: File Structure
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I have recently installed linux; it has, of course, almost the same file directory structure as Unix. I wonder if anyone can write to the origins of the system. Who decided what went into bin, /usr/bin, /etc.? How did the sytem develop? How was it organized early on? Was the structure rela- ted to that of other systems at the time? At this point, the order seems somewhat ad hoc, which is what one would expect as tradition plays a role in directory assignment.
Alan Sondheim
URL: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/internet_txt.html
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Subject: File Structure
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
I have recently installed linux; it has, of course, almost the same file directory structure as Unix. I wonder if anyone can write to the origins of the system. Who decided what went into bin, /usr/bin, /etc.? How did the sytem develop? How was it organized early on? Was the structure rela- ted to that of other systems at the time? At this point, the order seems somewhat ad hoc, which is what one would expect as tradition plays a role in directory assignment.
Alan Sondheim
URL: http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/internet_txt.html
MIRROR with other pages at: http://www.anu.edu.au/english/internet_txt IMAGES: http://www.cs.unca.edu/~davidson/pix/ TEL 718-857-3671
EXPERIMENTAL (on and off): http://166.84.250.149 Editor, BEING ON LINE
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