Monique writes: > That seems like a really arbitrary way to choose to split up executables. > I guess I just don't understand why I as an admin would care to make that > distinction. /opt was invented by the commercial Unices for closed-source third-party applications. /opt was added to Linux to accomodate these third-party vendors. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin