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I only recently learned that /usr was an acronym and not just a shortening of "user". Are we supposed to say each letter??? I've been pronouncing it as "user" t
by NylaTheWolf 4y ago
I only recently learned that /usr was an acronym and not just a shortening of "user". Are we supposed to say each letter??? I've been pronouncing it as "user" this whole time!
- ape4 4y agoUSR=User system resources, right. I still think that's a backronym.
- aeldidi 4y agoSupposedly, usr was supposed to be “user”[0] but was switched after the Unix guys needed more disk space and split the file system into the / and /usr mount points. Then /home was made because /usr was filled up with other things. [0]: Rob Landley of busybox fame recalled on the busybox mailing lists some ten years ago http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074114.html http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074...
- NylaTheWolf 4y agoOh really? That's so fascinating. TIL!
- LeoPanthera 4y agoI think there's some considerable debate about that. "User" is quite common, and certainly not wrong.
- icedchai 4y agoIt is a shortening for “user”. The “acronym” was made up later (and is BS.)