Robert C Wittig wrote:

> By Path Statement.

> To the best of my knowledge, no Linux distributions have a registry,
> although I did see a few hits on my Google search, that seemed to 
> suggest that some people were messing with the idea of creating one.

Since, by default, all executables and libraries are found in only a few
directories, the path statement is inherently short.  Nothing like it would
be in Windows, where every user program is installed in its own directory.

No need for a registry.  Don't want one.  Angst!  Make the thought go away!!

Here's a petty decent (short) description of the typical Linux file
system, describing which types of files go into which directories (good
reading for the beginner):  http://www.freeos.com/articles/3102/

Here's the long version:  http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

-- 
-jdr-



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