In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:00:59 +0000
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> Why is the linux file hierarchy better?
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> | There are many articles around the web about the differences between
> | the windows file hierarchy and the linux one. One thing they don't say
> | is which one is better and why. My aim in this article is to show why
> | the linux file hierarchy is a better model.
> `----
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> http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/why-is-the-linux-file-hierarchy-better-12916
> http://tinyurl.com/ylm2ek
Define "better". I'd say it's certainly more logical but
it's also mired in tradition as well -- why "/bin" and
"/usr/bin" instead of "C:\Program Files\Executables And
Scripts" or some such?
Still, the Unix file system hierarchy, apart from the
/etc => /sbin migration [*], has been hashed out over many
decades, and most of the bugs have been worked out of it
by now. /opt, however, can be a bit of a grab bag, as can
/usr/local -- but in the latter case the sysadmin's the one
setting it up anyway, generally. /dev might be slightly
problematic between operating systems or distributions,
but Gentoo lets udev do all the work now, and I doubt it's
the only one.
For completeness' sake, Windows seems to like to put things in
"C:\Program Files\<vendor>\<progname>\<arbitrary>\<somename>.EXE"
and it's left up to the vendor where things are put. The libraries
are generally dumped into the system DLL folder (IIRC, that's
"C:\Windows\System32\" though I suspect Vista will change that
after Microsoft magically discovered "DLL Hell". Settings are
probably put either in the registry (which includes such long-term
settings as locations of important directories and short-term settings
as locations of relatively unimportant windows) or somewhere in
"C:\Documents and Settings\<arbitrary>".
What a [censored] mess.
[*] at this point I'd say that's been worked out, too, though I
don't think the migration started until the mid-90's. But I'd
have to look.
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