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:The article discusses variants in filesystems in several places, although so far I've tried to keep it a general overview and I would like to keep it that way rather than discussing every minute detail of every single Unix variant and Linux distro that ever existed. What filesystem differences do you have in mind? The ___location of standard files? Different file types? The implementation? [[User:Qwertyus|Q<small>VVERTYVS</small>]] <small>([[User talk:Qwertyus|hm?]])</small> 21:35, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
:: In the case of SCO Unix -- & I'm going on memory here -- it originally had filesystems with names starting with two digits with a string indicating the purpose of the files in the directory. Then, when Santa Cruz decided to adopt Sys V standards, all of these directories were symlinked to the familiar directories (e.g. /bin, /sbin/, /var, etc.). Every other version of UNIX I've worked with -- Solaris, SunOS, FreeBSD, Linux -- has kept pretty close to the standard, although with the occasional quirk, such as /opt. It was strange enough for the general sense to stick in my mind, despite the fact I've since tried to forget as much about SCO Unix as I could. Had this peculiarity been documented under either [[Xenix]] or [[SCO Unix]], I wouldn't think of mentioning it, & I'm not going to push for it even now. However, I think an example or two are worth mentioning in the article as a reason why a filesystem standard was considered a good thing, & likely arose somewhat later in UNIX history. -- [[User:Llywrch|llywrch]] ([[User talk:Llywrch|talk]]) 16:15, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
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