It would seem to me that there should be a file system map -- perhaps a text file in /etc -- that would layout the structure for the filesystem. It could be made to be more specific (i.e. you could layout things like putting dotfiles into their folder.), but it could also be as general as "general-programs: /usr/lib/, general-binaries: /usr/bin/." From an organizational standpoint, it would seem to me that this is something linux should have. Linux as an os is becoming so flexible and dynamic that this seems like it should already be implemented. Implementation is, of course, the problem. It would require all the package managers and make installs to look to that /etc file or to env variables for their install path, and that seems a bit daunting. I'd be interested in helping to develop it (as much as I can) not because linux needs a different layout, but because it needs to be more dynamic. cheers justin Peter Clark wrote: > I was reading up on the Linux file system layout > (http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/chap_03.html) and wonder just _how_ > difficult it would be to remap the structure, say into a OSX-like layout. > Well, I guess this would require everything to be patched and recompiled (not > a problem for Gentoo users, right? :) Has anyone ever tried this? Well, while > I'm dreaming, I would also patch all programs that store data in > $HOME/.program-name-rc to $HOME/.dotfiles/.program-name-rc or something like > that. Any other ideas? > :Peter _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list