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It's makes a lot more sense when you realize that /usr doesn't stand for "user", but "user software resources".
by pierat 3y ago
It's makes a lot more sense when you realize that /usr doesn't stand for "user", but "user software resources".
- gjvc 3y agounix system resources
- kps 3y ago/usr stands for ‘user’. In particular, in our own version of the system, there is a directory "/usr" which contains all user's directories, and which is stored on a relatively large, but slow moving head disk, while the othe files are on the fast but small fixed-head disk. — https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/notes.html https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/notes.html
- xp84 3y agoIsn’t that just a backronym? I read recently (here, I think) that on some original specific UNIX system, the user directories were there originally, and then other stuff that belonged elsewhere went in there because the other physical volume (where things like /bin were) ran out of space. Later another dish was added and profiles were moved there, to make /home.
- Gud 3y ago/usr was added when Dennis Ritchie's and Ken Thompson's /home partition was full and they added another disk - or so the story goes.