Where is everything?

Robert G. (Doc) Savage dsavage at peaknet.net
Sun May 2 18:26:01 UTC 2010


On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 14:16 -0400, terry wrote:

> notice there is  look in /etc/etc/etc/.....  or usr/root/where is it  or 
> some such file.  Is there a list that describes where all of this 
> knowledge is located to alleviate problems. Unless all distributions are 
> identical, 'get a good book on Linux' will not suffice.


Terry,

I think what you're describing has been a problem for many years, one
that has been actively worked by many Linux distribution vendors
including Red Hat. The answer is the so-called Linux Standard Base, or
LSB. It defines what goes in which directories. The most recent release
in F13 is in the redhat-lsb-4.0-2 package. Suggest you Google "Linux
Standard Base" for more complete information.

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL
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