[haiku-development] Re: AW: Re: RFC: /usr symlink?

  • From: Julian Harnath <julian.harnath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:49:42 +0200

superstippi@xxxxxx <superstippi@xxxxxx> schrieb:
> Hi, sorry for Top-posting.
> 
> If memory serves, usr stands for Unix Shared Resources. Nothing to do 
> with User.

Ah, interesting. With some googling around, I also found this [1], 
which says
"As such, some people may now refer to this directory as meaning 'User 
System Resources' and not 'user' as was originally intended."
So I guess that interpretation was added as backronym later on :-)

[1] http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.html

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So long, jua

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