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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