Re: Preferred Installation/Data Directories

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:

> Why put "active" data under /usr?  Ever since user data was moved to home,
> /usr has only had system stuff in it.  Or is that still a viable BSDism?

   Good question, Ron! But, in a multiuser system with many users of the
database, in whose /home directory will you put the data?

   Since /usr/local, /opt, and similar filesystems are for local interest
stuff, they make ideal data storage areas. Neither is affected by
distribution upgrades so the data are safe there.

Rich

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