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From: "pete wright" <nomadlogic@gmail.com>
To: "Alphons Fonz van Werven" <a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl>
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Subject: Re: [style] Where to put server dirs
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On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Alphons Fonz van Werven
<a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl> wrote:
> Aloha,
>
> Just wondering: where would you put server directories, such as the httpd
> root dir, the anonymous ftp root dir, the CVS repository, that stuff. Put
> it in /usr/local (e.g. /usr/local/cvsroot or /usr/local/httpd), in /var
> (e.g. /var/cvs or /var/www), in / (e.g. /cvs or /www), or somewhere else?
>
> They will be seperate partitions, I'm just curious where people like to
> mount them.
>

I find this to be a helpful guide:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard

-pete
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