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Yeah, uhm, no. /bin and /sbin contain tools fundamental for booting the OS. /usr can be mounted from NFS resource, and as such, can be missing at boot time. /us
by dozzie 9y ago
Yeah, uhm, no. /bin and /sbin contain tools fundamental for booting the OS. /usr
can be mounted from NFS resource, and as such, can be missing at boot time.
/usr/local is for things installed locally by sysadmin.
This split comes from the times when it was not uncommon for workstations to
share installed programs using network filesystems.
- kryptiskt 9y agoThe split comes from when Bell Labs got a brand new huge 3MB disk that they mounted at /usr. The rest is retroactive rationalizations.
- Gracana 9y agoThat it was introduced as a historical accident doesn't make today's use cases invalid or useless.
- mondoshawan 9y agoOn most modern systems this is not strictly true anymore.