From the Red Hat 9 "Getting Started Guide" Appendix D:
/usr/ - Contains files and directories directly relating to users of the system, such as programs and supporting library files
/opt/ - Directory where optional files and programs are stored. This Directory is used mainly by third party developers for easy installation and un-installation of their software packages.
I thought that makes their stance (as in Red Hat) pretty clear.
I'm pretty new to this. Is this a non-standard way of doing thing then?
Adam Cooper
DEC^H^HCompaq^H^HHP Tru64 uses /opt and /usr/opt for their own add on packages:
gin$ ls -1 /opt DIA340/ IAE590/ IAE592/ MME304/ OSP540/
gin$ ls -1 /usr/opt APX120/ DIA340/ DVT220/ FSF/ GPA314/ IAE590/ IAE592/ JAV118@ LDP100/ MME304/ OSP540/ PRT301/ SYSCHECK126/ VisualThreads@ alt/ col/ compaq/ java131/ java141/ java142/ jre118/ motif2.1/ osf1@ s5/ svr4/ ultrix/
Regards, Bob -- Bob Marcan mailto:bob.marcan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Aster^H^H...HermesPlus^H^H^H...S&T Slandrova ul. 2 tel: +386 (1) 5895-200 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia http://www.hermes-plus.si
