Use of /media instead of /mnt

[Mike Klinke]

On Wednesday 24 November 2004 10:32, Steve Fink wrote:
> Anyone,
>
> Can anyone explain why the switch to /media instead of /mnt
>
 

Standardization is coming to an OS near you....

Here are some handy links on the subject.

Regards, Mike Klinke

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http://sourceforge.net/projects/freestandards/.

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

This standard consists of a set of requirements and guidelines for 
file and directory placement under UNIX-like operating systems. The 
guidelines are intended to support interoperability of 
applications, system administration tools, development tools, and 
scripts as well as greater uniformity of documentation for these 
systems.

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/media : 
Mount point for removeable media Purpose

link to additional info...
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#MEDIAMOUNTPOINT

This directory contains subdirectories which are used as mount 
points for removeable media such as floppy disks, cdroms and zip 
disks.

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/mnt : 
Mount point for a temporarily mounted filesystem Purpose

link to additional info...
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#MNTMOUNTPOINTFORATEMPORARILYMOUNT

This directory is provided so that the system administrator may 
temporarily mount a filesystem as needed. The content of this 
directory is a local issue and should not affect the manner in 
which any program is run.