Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 19:21:24 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: On a serious note, what I'd change about FreeBSD hier(7) Message-ID: <DB8PR06MB64429BBF3608B34B63D25168F6BF0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <6CA92BC4-DB17-4B6E-ACC9-9759BB6AC4F7@kreme.com> References: <83788746a7d8a802d8af4b582e00827166febd1a.camel@tom.com> <20200506172115.cb3b572b.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAEJNuHyB66K16JHFPcabfyoWoNT=GGFjFJ0wfqpDB27CYidnzA@mail.gmail.com> <20200506214540.247500820cf8701968ac01c9@sohara.org> <20200512190812259650810@bob.proulx.com> <DB8PR06MB64424C6B2603D902D7AC3C3AF6BF0@DB8PR06MB6442.eurprd06.prod.outlook.com> <6CA92BC4-DB17-4B6E-ACC9-9759BB6AC4F7@kreme.com>
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On 2020-05-13 17:21, @lbutlr wrote: > On 12 May 2020, at 23:33, Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Perhaps you might like to remember another location : /opt >> >> That is entirely unused in the default config in FreeBSD, and I think /opt/bin makes a good location for the user's own software. > > User software goes in ~/bin. Admin user’s software that is used by the system goes in /usr/local/bin. > > I see no need for /opt/bin, what would you put there? > > User software goes into ~/bin - that's right but with a caveat. What goes into ~/bin is user-specific. If I wrote a system-wide application intended to be available to all users of this particular computer, /opt/bin would make a good choice. It's of course merely a suggestion, but does help to keep /usr/local/bin cleanly reserved for what gets installed via pkg/ports. Regards, Manish Jain
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