On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 06:33:57PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote:
> In my experience, /opt and /usr/local have slightly different functions. 
> /opt would be used for vendor applications, etc., whereas /usr/local 
> would be used for locally built tools, etc.

Adobe Acrobat and VMWare both install to /usr/local.
Should they be in /opt or are there further considerations...


What does /opt stand for?  "Optional"?  "Options?"

What does /var stand for?


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