Version 2 of Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Updated 2014-05-26 23:23:49 by pooryorick

The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard is a standard that describes the organisation of files and directories on UNIX-like operating systems.

If you've ever wondered about why there are /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin etc., then this is the place to look.


Notable points of Tcl/Tk interest in this standard are:

  • tclsh, wish, and expect must be in /usr/bin (or must in /usr/bin have a link so named to the actual executable), if installed for system use.