>From observation I arrived to the conclusion that /bin was for binaries which would (potentially) be run before the system was fully booted and all partitions mounted, whereas /usr/bin would be for binaries which have no chance of being needed before the boot into user mode was completed.
Also, /opt is for douchebag programmers who can't be bothered to learn which pieces of a program should go where on a unix-like system. :) It could also be for those situations where a program should be fully stand-alone, but those situations should be rare and far between. On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Okalany Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > From my intuition, > > I always thought /bin was for distro binaries, /sbin was for setuid distro > binaries, /usr/bin for your own package binaries, /usr/sbin for your own > package setuid binaries. > > > > Curious to know what you all thought. > > > > Regards, > > Daniel > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > joseph mpora > Sent: 31 January 2012 02:47 PM > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: [LUG] Understanding the /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin Split > > > > Finally something really interesting to talk about. If you've used UNIX or > any of its derivatives, you've probably wondered why there's /bin, /sbin, > /usr/bin, /usr/sbin in the file system. You may even have a rationalisation > for the existence of each and every one of these directories. The thing is, > though - all these rationalisations were thought up after these directories > were created. As it turns out, the real reasoning is pretty damn > straightforward. > > http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074114.html > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
