▲ 121 ▼ What is the /opt directory? (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago by AlexPewMaster@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments I've seen a lot of self-hosted software wanting to store their data in /opt, is there any reason why?
[–] Ac5000@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) That's what I was wondering as well? If so, what's the "correct" location to store stuff like documents, downloads, configurations, etc.? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* In the user's home directory, which may or may not be in /home/username. grep username /etc/passwd will show you the home directory for a user. Also ~username from the CLI will resolve to that user's home directory. e.g. cp file.txt ~username/Documents/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] gens@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago So i checked the fhs. Doesn't say it is deprecated. V3 just mentions XDG and glib (the probable sources of such claims). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* In the user's home directory, which may or may not be in /home/username. grep username /etc/passwd will show you the home directory for a user. Also ~username from the CLI will resolve to that user's home directory. e.g. cp file.txt ~username/Documents/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gens@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago So i checked the fhs. Doesn't say it is deprecated. V3 just mentions XDG and glib (the probable sources of such claims). permalink fedilink source parent