I really haven't heard any comments on FHS, but they are *trying*, at least,
to create a standard.
Here is a (partial) definition of /var, taken from FHS at
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-5.html
/var contains variable data files. This includes spool directories and files,
administrative and logging data, and transient and temporary files.
Some portions of /var are not shareable between different systems. For
instance, /var/log, /var/lock, and /var/run. Other portions may be shared,
notably /var/mail, /var/cache/man, /var/cache/fonts, and /var/spool/news.
/var is specified here in order to make it possible to mount /usr read-only.
Everything that once went into /usr that is written to during system operation
(as opposed to installation and software maintenance) must be in /var.
--Adam
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Adam D. McKenna
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