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GoboLinux - Fun with File System HierarchyGoboLinux - Fun with File System HierarchyPosted Jan 22, 2004 11:33 UTC (Thu) by ptr (guest, #5885)Parent article: GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy I do not think that the Programs directory structure is more *logical* than the standard hierarchy (except the names themselves, maybe, for linux the "usr" directory naming is rediculous and purely historical). The standard structure is a lot more useful for doing backups. Their /Programs structure is a lot more useful for doing package management within the file system. What I like about GoboLinux is that they try to provide multiple views of the file system via symlinks (all executables are accesable via /System/Links/Executables). That makes for example backups easier. Unfortunately, sometimes symlinks themselves contain information in their target, thus you cannot simple use "follow symlinks" in your backups. What I really dislike is the /tmp directory (look at all the security problems, etc.). A normal (non-server) user process should really avoid writing anywhere but into the home directory and use a private tmp storage in there. An even a server process or X11 should rather use something in /var.
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GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy Posted Jan 22, 2004 11:49 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Unfortunately, sometimes symlinks themselves contain information in their target, thus you cannot simple use "follow symlinks" in your backups.Well, no: you really have to back up the symlinks *as symlinks*, and similarly for all other non-regular filetypes (or the first time you hit a non-connected FIFO, or /dev/zero, you'll never come back). Every halfway-competent backup program does this, even `cp -a'.
GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy Posted Jan 22, 2004 17:40 UTC (Thu) by rschroev (subscriber, #4164) [Link] If I understand you correctly, that would mean you cannot backup your config files by making a copy of /etc - you would end up with a bunch of symlinks instead of the data itself.In that case, I prefer the standard way of doing things. The names could have be chosen better and the difference between the purpose of some directories is sometimes not clear, but I like how it separates static data (binaries, documentation) from configuration and from other variable data and from user data.
GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy Posted Jan 23, 2004 21:34 UTC (Fri) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link] I also dislike "etc". But I do like the consistancy of using 3 letters andonly lowercase. I think a better choice would have been "cfg". And I agree about "usr". Something like "sys" would have been a nicer name. But oh well, it's not bad enough to warrant such a large change. And the
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