Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split

[Gilles Espinasse]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Collier" <from_busybox_maillist at dexdyne.com>
To: <busybox at busybox.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:58 PM
Subject: Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split


> I see that busybox spreads it's links over these 4 directories.
> 
> Is there a simple rule which decides which directory each link lives
> in.....
> 
> For instance I see kill is in /bin and killall in /usr/bin.... I don't
> have a grip on what might be the logic for that.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David

that's explained in FHS
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

Gilles