Re: PROPOSAL for FHS revised : Mount points for CDs, floppies and alien OS partitions.]

[Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 22, Jim Knoble wrote:

> : 2. We don't speak about Linux, we speak about an FHS proposal. (Look
> :    at the subject.
> :    FHS is for all Unix systems, not only Linux. And the /use of /mnt
> :    as a temporary mount point is more widespeard as the practice of
> :    /mnt/{floppy,cdrom}. Speak with one who uses Solaris, AIX, HP-UX
> :    or whatever.
> 
> I wasn't aware that FHS was aimed at Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, or the Unix
> Formerly Known as Digital Unix.  Perhaps i show my Internet age, but
> wasn't the FHS originally aimed at Linux, with some broadening such
> that it would be useful for the *BSDs?  When did FHS start specifying
> things for Solaris?

You should read the first lines of the FHS:


                     Filesystem Hierarchy Standard -- Version 2.1

                         Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Group
                               edited by Daniel Quinlan


                                       ABSTRACT

                 This standard consists of a set of requirements and
            guidelines for file and directory placement under UNIX-like
            operating systems.  The guidelines are intended to support
            interoperability of applications, system administration tools,
            development tools, and scripts as well as greater uniformity
            of documentation for these systems.


       April 12, 2000


The old FSSTND was only for Linux, not the FHS.

  Thorsten

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