7 Jan
2021
7 Jan
'21
12:31
On 1/7/21 1:12 PM, Johannes Meixner wrote:
So I think a new filesystem hierarchy should use new names and then new directory names could be even comprehensible (what the heck does 'usr' mean and why does 'etc' mean "config").
It's just historic. "usr" used to be the place for the home directories and "etc" just a place where to put files that didn't belong anywhere else [1]. There is an old video by AT&T with an introduction to Unix from the 70s or 80s where the meaning is explained [2]. Adrian
[1] https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=224934&cid=18220458 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc4ROCJYbm0