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- What is the rationale for the ` usr` directory? - Ask Ubuntu
What is the rationale for the "unix system resources", or usr directory, as described here, which duplicates many of the directory names under the root directory ?
- What do the abbreviations etc and usr mean? - Ask Ubuntu
As you suspected, etc is from etcetera, unhelpfully named for "where everything else goes", and usr was for "user applications" A lot of the detail on the history of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard is documented on Wikipedia
- command line - What is the meaning of usr? - Ask Ubuntu
usr nowadays stands for User System Resources This directory contains most commands and executables files, libraries and documentation In the early days of Unix, it was the directory where the users' home directories were placed (your user home directory would have been usr anatoly which now is home anatoly), so originally it stood for User See Chapter 1 Linux Filesystem Hierarchy for
- What is usr local bin? - Unix Linux Stack Exchange
125 usr local bin is for programs that a normal user may run The usr local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when installing software locally It needs to be safe from being overwritten when the system software is updated It may be used for programs and data that are shareable amongst a group of hosts, but not found in usr
- What is the difference between opt and usr local?
This is a part where the FHS is slightly self-contradictory, as usr is defined to be read-only, but usr local needs to be read-write for local installation of software to succeed The SVR4 file system standard, which was the FHS' main source of inspiration, recommends avoiding usr local and using opt instead to overcome this issue
- Differences between home, root and usr - Unix Linux Stack Exchange
To help me understand the usages between home, root, usr local, usr bin and opt, I still have a question because I'm a little confused understanding the differences between each of them
- usr bin vs usr local bin on Linux - Unix Linux Stack Exchange
In the late 1970s, usr bin was integrated into the OS base distribution and people started to use usr local bin for the purpose of the previous open usr bin
- 13. 04 - Where is usr local? - Ask Ubuntu
Notice how usr local starts with backslash ? There's root directory from which you can access other directories; the image to keep in mind is the root directory is where root starts, and everything else is branching form it How to access the folder you need:
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