Re: Where to put scripts

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>]

That depends.  At least two alternatives exist depending on the number of 
user accounts on the system and who is to have access.  If access is to be 
system-wide, /usr/local/bin is the place for these scripts. If a single 
user or group of users is to have access, then /home/user/bin/ is proper. 
Those two statements do not take into account version control.  If you 
were using rcs I know very very old, you might have co put the checked out 
scripts into /usr/local/bin/ by default.  Version control is really smart.



On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, José Pablo Fernández wrote:

> Hello,
> we are creating lot's of little scripts on our servers, some in bash, some in
> python and other languages may be picked as well. Currently we have a mess,
> scripts all
> over... /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin, /root/bin
> and even other weird locations (/usr/src/...) depending on who wrote the
> script.
> I want to standardize on one and only one location for these scripts. It'll be
> versioned and it'll be backed up. Any recommendation on where to put these
> scripts? Any best or common practice?
> Thank you.
> --
> José Pablo Fernández
> pablo.fernandez@rs.com.ar