Re: First use of /sbin in Unix?

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From: Grant Taylor
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:48

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On 06/06/2018 10:11 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> That's why /sbin existed, to hold executables like sh and mount that 
> were required to add /usr to the filesystem tree.

ACK

Thank you for the information.

I've not experienced much of this history mostly being exposed to Linux 
or AIX / Solaris / HP-UX in the last 10 years.

> From the svr4.2es/mp base pkginfo file:

I assume that's Sys V Release 4.2 (ES)?

> note that /lib (and /bin) are symbolic links to /usr/lib and /usr/bin.

ACK

It's good to know that /{bin,lib} linking to /usr/{bin/lib} 
(respectively) is much older than I originally thought.

-- 
Grant. . . .
unix || die

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