For many systems out there, /bin and /lib are no longer a thing. Instead, they are just a link to /usr/bin and /usr/lib. And for some systems even /sbin has been merged with /bin (in turn linked to /usr/bin).
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/bin confused me for a while because I thought it meant 'this stuff is trash, don't worry about it'.
Linux file system is ext* tho.
Why is /mnt a "temporary" mounting point? I alwags put my permanent ones there. I'd say /media is temporary...
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If my /bin contains exe files, something has gone very wrong somewhere...
Also, all these infographics are a sad casualty of the /usr/bin merge.
huh... an exe in my /bin ?
sus...
Is it just me, or are the definitions for /sys and /proc mixed up?
Nah, it's just that /proc is incorrect - it contains information about running processes, as well as kernel data structures as visible by the process reading them.
No I thinks is basically right although could be better worded maybe
/sys is virtual file structure for kernel system info
/proc is virtual file structure of kernel process info
My understanding is /proc came first but was abused/free for all and started being used for all sorts of non standard/process kernel access. So /sys was created with stricter rules to make it more standardised.
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