On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 10:52:54PM +0200, Harrell wrote:
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> So my doubt is: Is "usr" an abbreviation of "user"? If that is so (as as

Chapter 4 of Greg Lehey's Porting Unix Software

 http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/PUS/

has the following to say about the /usr directory:

 This directory used to be the other file system on a UNIX machine.  In
 the System V ABI it has lost most of its importance.  The ABI states
 uses only for /usr/bin and /usr/share, and the name /usr has lost its
 original meaning: the ABI specifies /usr only as a location for system
 files that users may wish to access.