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/usr may be pronounced "user" for convenience, but it was conceived as "Unix System Resources directory", not "user directory".
by fnj 10y ago
/usr may be pronounced "user" for convenience, but it was conceived as "Unix System Resources directory", not "user directory".
- grzm 10y agoI believe that's a backronym. http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.html http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.... In current Unices, /usr is where user-land programs and data (as opposed to 'system land' programs and data) are. The name hasn't changed, but it's meaning has narrowed and lengthened from "everything user related" to "user usable programs and data". As such, some people may now refer to this directory as meaning 'User System Resources' and not 'user' as was originally intended.
- tomjakubowski 10y agoI like "oo-zer" which is both easier to say and less confusable with "user".
- ben_bai 10y agoIn ye olden days oft UNIX, users home directorys lived in /usr/username.