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		Spivak on March 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin spl... RedHat actually has /var/opt and /etc/opt which, while odd, makes some sense since /opt is a free-form /usr and still needs variable space and configs.

rhizome on March 18, 2020 [–]

and which preserves the functional separations between the hier elements and doesn't require changing any backup procedures.

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