-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 20:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >> This discussion wouldn't be complete without a note about the FHS. >> (see man hier and the debian policy manual). >> >> The FHS is a policy document about what directories can be where and >> what they're used for. >> >> Almost the whole directory tree is under the auspisis of the FHS. If >> you put a random directory within that tree, at some point there could >> be conflict. >> >> There are four places within the directory tree you could place your >> /store and be out of the way of the debian system: >> >> /home/store >> assuming you never create a user named 'store' >> >> /usr/local/share/store >> since ISOs are basically static, its similar to >> putting a document under /usr/local/share/doc >> >> /var/local/store >> If you are frequently adding and removing files from >> store, it should go under /var (variable) since the >> idea of /usr is that it _can_ be mounted read-only. >> >> If its files to be placed by users (a communal bookshelf), I would put >> it under /home >> >> If its files to be placed by admin/root/whatever, to be read by users, >> I would put it under /var/local >> >> In any event, I would _not_ put it as /store. > > Me? I put things on my stuff in: > > /exports/$sharename0 > $sharename1 > $sharename2 > $sharename3 > $sharename4 > > Where the nfs, samba, shfs, afs, etc... share them all with a same name > > I guess I am non-FHS compliant that way. Though, I am consistent that > way. It grew out of early problems complying with FHS years ago... its a > bad habit, but a livable bad habit
What about /mnt or /media then? I thought they were good places to mount other partitions. Doesn't that still fall under FHS compliance? - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGFfg8iXBCVWpc5J4RAmrxAKDEK+tVtEsy96igSZcMiPW6RJyEpACbBvOn qVf346ciEN/fCJa7ysMwA+A= =YizA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
