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From: agm@cs.brown.edu (Axel Merk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: What dir to use for new software?
Keywords: system administration
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Date: 12 Jun 90 01:00:04 GMT
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NeXT suggests to use /LocalAdmin, /LocalApps and /LocalDeveloper
for any new stuff.
Personally, I put most of my programs there following the
/Next...-directory structure as closely as possible. I use
/usr/local/{etc|bin|src|lib|man} for some hacks/programs that don't
have an interface to them.

Axel
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