Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split
David Collier
from_busybox_maillist at dexdyne.com
Tue Nov 30 22:10:00 UTC 2010
In article <362001cb90da$4ff270b0$f9b5a8c0 at pii350>, g.esp at free.fr (Gilles
Espinasse) wrote:
> *From:* "Gilles Espinasse" <g.esp at free.fr>
> *To:* <from_busybox_maillist at dexdyne.com>, <busybox at busybox.net>
> *Date:* Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:02:40 +0100
>
> ----- 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
Oh - thanks for that - didn't know about that doc - some bedtime reading!
David
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