Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 21:02:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT dilu DOT ml DOT org>
Reply-To: pierre AT tycho DOT com
To: OpenDOS Mailing List <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: FSSTD (was Re: DOS utilities)
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On Sun, 25 May 1997, yeep wrote:

> > But then there is nothing standard about it.
> 
> Yeah there is.  A program checks the LIB_PATH env-var to find where to
> put the library files.  But each user can fill in it's own directory. 
> This way I can name the directories how I want and put them were I want
> and still not screw up any programs that want to use the FSSTND

The idea is only partly not to screw up any programs, it is also about
being able to log on an OpenDOS box and knowing instantly where everything
is, since it would be *standard*. In Linux with the FSSTND, local
configuration files are in /etc, network wide configuration files are in
/usr/etc, spool files (for mail, printers, UUCP or Fidonet) are in
/var/spool, and so on.

Pierre Phaneuf

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