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Subject: Re: usage of /usr/bin
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On Wed 07 Apr 2010 at 10:13:10 PDT Charlie Kester wrote:
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>Think about scenarios where /usr fails to mount for some reason.  Then
>look at what's in /bin compared to what's in /usr/bin, and perhaps
>you'll understand the logic of it.

I should add that comparing the contents of /usr/sbin and /sbin is also
instructive.