Dave Wreski writes:
>>Hmm.. Don't exactly know why the man page states that, but typically
>>binaries that the superuser uses are stored in /bin. Normal users use
>>/usr/bin, which is where that should go.
Actually, there seem to be a lot of programs that ordinary users would
use in /bin.
Stuff like 'vi', for instance.
Administrative programs that the superuser would use are likely going to
go into /sbin, or /usr/sbin, which is a relatively recent addition, it
seems.
The split between /bin and /usr/bin, though, is really a historical one.
Back in the 'mists of time' it seems that programs that were small and
tended to get used a lot would be on /bin, which was (on the original
system) a fast, small disk, and other binaries ended up in /usr/bin.
On modern Unix systems, it seems that programs in /bin are there because
they don't need anything other than what's there (i.e., extra libs in
/usr/lib, for instance) and are (frequently?) needed. Anything in /bin
should be available for use in case one brings up the system with only
the root partition mounted (/usr being frequently mounted on other
disks).
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