libexec directory?

[N_Ox]

Le 16 août 07 à 15:12, Anders F Björklund a écrit :

> N_Ox wrote:
>
>>> I'm curious what is the logic for having two separate directories  
>>> one named "libexec" and the other named "bin"?
>>
>> From porthier(7):
>>                      libexec/  system daemons & system utilities  
>> (executed by
>>                                other programs)
>
> Also noteworthy is that "libexec" is a UNIX/BSD standard, and that  
> it isn't in the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS). Thus, on  
> some distributions (e.g. RedHat) you'll find the programs in their  
> upstream location of "libexec" and on other distributions (e.g.  
> Debian) you'll find the programs randomized between "lib/$name" and  
> "sbin". Quite intriguing...
>
> If you're into that sort of thing, you can also find out the  
> differences between "sbin" and "bin". Or "/usr" and "/usr/local".
>
> --anders
>

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