[LBo] Fwd: Re: Anyone know anything about the etymology of /usr, /etc

[Stefan Waidele jun.]

Randy Kramer wrote:
> Just came across this, which is a recent post in the thread that indicates 
> that user directories were, at one time, in /usr.

Contrary to my (and popular) belive, /usr was actually first for USeR 
and only lately became to mean Unix System Resources.

The old folks confirm this:
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/archives/0303/techwhirl-0303-00381.html

That post also mentions the hier-manpage, which is quite nice for a 
quick reference.

Just learned something new :)

Stefan

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