Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss

What is /opt for and more...

0 views
Skip to first unread message

Stefan Monnier

unread,
Sep 26, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/26/96
to

Eric Williams <ewil...@wesleyan.edu> writes:
> I guess this made me wonder what is the /opt directory for anyway.
> Anyone know it origins?

I put whatever wants to be put in /opt (mostly Sun apps and tools) in /opt.
And I put all the rest quite naturally into /usr/local (or /usr/licensed
for others). I expect sun-specific tools will want to go to /opt, whereas
"normal" apps don't care about such os-specific conventions.


Stefan

Vegard Bakke

unread,
Sep 27, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/27/96
to

In HP-UX 10, /usr is for 'Sharable operating system commands, libraries,
and documentation.'
And /opt for 'Applications.'

Vegard

--
-------------------------------------------------------------
| snailto: Vegard Bakke, Kirkegt. 9, 3600 Kongsberg, Norway |
| maillto: veg...@hibukid1.hibu.no |
| traceroute 127.0.0.1 |

Roger Denholm

unread,
Sep 29, 1996, 3:00:00 AM9/29/96
to

Vegard Bakke <veg...@knoll.hibu.no> wrote:
Eric Williams <ewil...@wesleyan.edu> writes:
>> > I guess this made me wonder what is the /opt directory for anyway.
>> > Anyone know it origins?

>


>In HP-UX 10, /usr is for 'Sharable operating system commands, libraries,
>and documentation.'
>And /opt for 'Applications.'

snip

The SV.4 doco from HP describes /opt as a static filesystem. Should
be used for application binaries.
/var/opt is where the data from the /opt applications should go.

cheers
Roger


0 new messages