[ILUG] Application Locations

[Rory Browne]

Sorry - forgot to cc ilug.

On 12 May 2010 17:37, Rory Browne <rbmlist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Personally if it was a commercial app, meant to live in it's own
> little sandbox/world, I'd put everything under /usr/local/appname
>
> In your case, I'd put
>
> executables in /usr/local/killerapp/bin
> config in /usr/local/killerapp/etc, or /usr/local/killerapp/conf (
> depending on the mood I'm in, or if either convention is already in
> use or not - I've seen both used )
> libs in /usr/local/killerapp/lib
> logs /usr/local/killerapp/var/log
>
> I also have /opt symlinked to /usr/local, but find /opt akward to type
> ( no - I don't know why ), but yeah, that's just me, what I do on my
> own systems ( not work ones ), it probably doesn't fit with some
> standard, but often keeping my stuff separate from the rest of the
> system, had been more important than following standards.
>
> I think the most important thing is that these be configurable, and
> not tie yourself into a particular filesystem layout.
>
>
>
> On 12 May 2010 16:45, Ray Odonnell <ray.odonnell at ireland.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for quick response.
>>
>> I'm very familiar with FHS, it is the inconsistencies in it that raise the question, and I'm looking for real-world knowledge:
>>
>> Suppose I write a closed-source architecture-independent application named "killerapp" which has some binaries, some config files, and writes logs.
>>
>> Do the binaries go in:
>>   /opt/killerapp
>>   /opt/killerapp/bin
>>   /usr/bin
>>   /usr/local/bin
>>   /usr/share/killerapp
>>   /usr/local/share/killerapp
>>
>> Do the config files go in:
>>   /etc/killerapp
>>   /etc/opt/killerapp
>>   /opt/killerapp/conf
>>
>> Do the logs go in:
>>   /opt/killerapp/logs
>>   /var/logs/killerapp
>>   /var/spool/killerapp
>>
>> What do real people with real commercial apps do here?  What do Ilug'ers see as best practice?
>>
>> Regards
>> Ray
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ivan Griffin" <ivan at skynet.ie>
>> To: ilug at linux.ie
>> Sent: Wednesday, 12 May, 2010 16:03:47 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
>> Subject: Re: [ILUG] Application Locations
>>
>>
>> Have you taken a look at the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard?
>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard gives a good
>> overview)...
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Ivan.
>>
>> On Wed, 12 May 2010, Ray Odonnell wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Ilug
>>>
>>>
>>> What is the correct or preferred location for an application to store its configuration files. I've seen various standards over the years but /usr/share seems particularly popular at the moment - is this the best place? What factors would influence the choice?
>>>
>>> I have the same question in regard to log files. Should these go somehere in /var/log or should that be reserved for system logs as opposed to application logs.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Ray O'Donnell
>>> --
>>> Irish Linux Users' Group mailing list
>>> About this list : http://mail.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug
>>> Who we are : http://www.linux.ie/
>>> Where we are : http://www.linux.ie/map/
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> Irish Linux Users' Group mailing list
>> About this list : http://mail.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug
>> Who we are : http://www.linux.ie/
>> Where we are : http://www.linux.ie/map/
>> --
>> Irish Linux Users' Group mailing list
>> About this list : http://mail.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug
>> Who we are : http://www.linux.ie/
>> Where we are : http://www.linux.ie/map/
>>
>