From: "Matthias Paul" <MPAUL AT ibh DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Organization:  IBH, RWTH-Aachen
To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Date:          Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:29:35 GMT+0100
Subject:       Re: [opendos] FSSTND
Reply-to: Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
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Hi!

Well, here is one more directory standard for discussion.  After 
developing this firm standard several years ago, we could greatly
reduce introductions to new users in our institution.  Also, it 
is much easier to update local files and applications on the 
workstations.  We do this semi-automatically by a set of 
sophisticated, self-modifying, and self-replicating batchjobs 
with two interface-jobs linked into AUTOEXEC.BAT. After one single 
modification on the server, they do most of these boring works 
for us... :-)

Of course, the structure is not absolutely homegene and is slightly 
changing from time to time, but we've made good experiences with it.  
We tried to name the first hierachy level of directories with 3 
letters, since this is easy to remember.  Now, we've almost no 'chaos' 
files and directories on the workstations.  Even if users install new 
files/applications, they try to do it in respect of this system.
But mind:  Always, a standard should only guide, not restrict.

This one is a short summary for discussion, and would need to be 
adapted for an 'OpenDOS standard'.  Just FYI:

c:\dos\            For DOS system files
c:\opendos\        
c:\nwdos\          
c:\drdos\
c:\pcdos\
c:\msdos\

c:\bat\            For normal batchjobs

c:\sys\bat\        For system batchjobs
c:\sys\cfg\        For special configuration files
c:\sys\cdrom\
c:\sys\video\
c:\sys\printers\
c:\sys\net\
c:\sys\ramdisk\
c:\sys\serial\
c:\sys\parallel\
c:\sys\floppy\
c:\sys\harddisk\

c:\utl\misc\
c:\utl\nc.4\
c:\utl\nc.5\
c:\utl\nu.7\
c:\utl\pc.9\

c:\app\...
c:\dat\...

c:\usr\username\     local files for several users
c:\usr\...\

c:\win\           net Windows 
c:\windows\       local Windows

c:\tmp\           SET temp=c:\tmp  SET tmp=%temp%

Bye,

Matthias

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