Craig Dickson wrote: > > martin f krafft wrote: > > > as others have said and suggested, i also rarely use /mnt. if i need a > > mount point, i'll quickly create one on the fly. i believe there are > > even versions of mount out there that don't need an existing directory. > > i just wrapped mount and umount it in scripts that create the directory > > and rmdir it again after usage. > > I do something like this too. Perhaps this is a better idea all the way > around than having a single root-level temporary mount point like /mnt. > > Of course, if /mnt could be done away with altogether this way, then it > would be reasonable to end the debate over whether to call the > "removable mount points" directory /vol, /media, or whatever, by simply > calling it /mnt the way some other distros already do... > I'm not sure that this comment really applies to this post, but it does apply to this thread: /floppy and /mnt are an example of a more general question about FHS, namely: What advise does it offer concerning where to put databases, web server stuff, etc. ? In general there is the stuff for which you hope the host will serve some purpose. Where does that stuff go?
As an example: before I read the FHS, I set up a local mirror of the Debian packages using apt-move. I decided to create a root level directory /mirror and to put in it a directory /mirror/debian, but when I read FHS, I started wondering if I might be creating problems for myself, because I had stuck a new non-standard item in the root directory. Where should "real work" stuff go within the FHS? I wonder... -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
