On 05/31/2018 12:36 PM, Rob Landley wrote: > On 05/30/2018 09:39 PM, enh wrote: >> do you have a canonical reference to the first unix with an /sbin? ... > I should just ask Doug McIlroy. I think he's still a professor at Dartmouth?
I asked: > Do you remember where /sbin came from, and whether it stood for "static" or > "system"? > > The question came up recently > (http://lists.landley.net/pipermail/toybox-landley.net/2018-May/009499.html) > and > I couldn't find an answer > (http://lists.landley.net/pipermail/toybox-landley.net/2018-May/009500.html). > > (Seems to have happened somewhere in the early 80's?) > > Thanks, > > Rob And he replied: -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Where did "/sbin" first show up? Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 17:22:47 -0400 From: Doug McIlroy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] T\I have always believed it was a Berkeley device for keeping code of different provennces separate. You should not put grfeat crfedence in this vague recollection. Doug dh _______________________________________________ Toybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.landley.net/listinfo.cgi/toybox-landley.net
