[NCLUG] UNIX file system question

[Chad Perrin]

On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 06:53:36PM -0600, Tim Swanson wrote:
> 
> So I thought about creating a new directory under /home. I thought about 
> creating a new directory under /usr or /usr/local (called "java_apps" or 
> something similar). But then I started wondering what the UNIX-y way to do 
> this was. So I thought I'd ask the list.
> 
> Is there a portion of the standard UNIX file system that is set aside for 
> manually installed programs that are meant to be globally accessible?
> 
> Also, what is /usr/local for? (In my system there's nothing in it.)

Your instincts are pretty good, it seems.  Check here:

  http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLOCALLOCALHIERARCHY

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