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The ''Conventional directory layout'' section contains information also in [[Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]]. Should the two be merged? <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/151.53.72.73|151.53.72.73]] ([[User talk:151.53.72.73#top|talk]]) 23:22, 9 September 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:They both contain that information because the FHS is based on conventional UN*X usage, as per the quote from that section:
:{{quote|The details of the directory layout have varied over time. Although the file system layout is not part of the [[Single UNIX Specification]], several attempts exist to standardize (parts of) it, such as the [[UNIX System V|System V]] [[Application Binary Interface]], the [[Intel Binary Compatibility Standard]], the Common Operating System Environment, and [[Linux Foundation]]'s [[Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]] (FHS).}}
:I wish I could find a reference for this, but at least some of the layout comes from a proposal that some people at Sun made in the 1980's containing, among other things, the {{mono|/var}} directory; at least part of the goal was better support for [[diskless workstations]], with per-machine and shareable information divided up so that they could be on different remote-mounted file systems.
:Not every system that uses some form of the conventional layout follows the FHS. [[User:Guy Harris|Guy Harris]] ([[User talk:Guy Harris|talk]]) 00:23, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
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