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Before the days of FSSTND (was: File Structure)





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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 22:36:04 -0400
From: Alan * Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
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

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