* Steve Lamb said: > Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 2:39:46 PM, Jonathan wrote: > >> Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 3:14:37 PM, Federico wrote: > >> > IMHO, /usr is what we (Debian) control, /usr/local is what I (the > >> > sysadmin) control, /opt is where third-party package builders (e.g., > >> > Corel, KDE, Cygnus, etc...) control. > >> None of this describes one bit why it has to be a top level directory. > > Because it fits the Unix tradition of lazy typists. Im a lazy typist. Hear > > my carpal tunnel fingers cry out as they type the extra 4 characters in > > /usr/opt > > Then why /home/ftp instead of /ftp? Why /var/htdocs instead of /www? Because ftp is a USER and user's home belongs in /home. /var/www (NOT /var/htdocs, btw) because the home page is varying data, not a static one. Makes sense to you? Probably not, but it does for me. marek
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