hiranokazunari wrote: > I understand /bin represents binaries, > /dev represents devices, > /lib represents libraries, > /mnt represents mount, > /opt represents option(?) etc... > > But I am wondering why the host-specific > configuration partition is called /etc?
If you go back to very early versions of Unix, like 7th ed. (c. 1979) or earlier, you find that there's actually a lot of stuff in the /etc directory, not just conf files. It really was the "stuff that doesn't go anywhere else" directory, hence the name /etc. At least I assume that's how the name was devised. Craig
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