I cut my teeth on ini files  SQL.INI  was my first job beyond straight 
help desk work.

Sam.

nate at refried.org wrote:

>On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:23:27AM -0600, Sam MacDonald wrote:
>  
>
>>One of the things about NT that makes it easy to understand is the use 
>>of the registry. The registry links objects to what the object is used 
>>for or to objects it uses.  It organizes everything in a central Hierarchy.
>>No central registry exists in Linux that I have found, it feels 
>>scattered to me at this point.  I can't go to one place and find the 
>>guts of everything.
>>    
>>
>
>If you want a detailed explaination, look at the File Hierarchy Standard
>put out by the Linux Standards Base.  I'll do my best as a short
>explaination here.
>
>Believe it or not, Linux is very organized.  Much more than most unixes
>I've seen (IRIX especially).  Debian especially strives to adhere to the
>FHS.
>
>/etc	Generally, all system wide configuration files go here.
>
>/bin	Basic system utilities that everyone can use go here.
>
>/sbin	Basic system utilities that only root can use go here.
>
>/usr	This is where static data and programs go.  Some systems can
>	mount this read-only or over NFS.
>
>/var	This is where variable data for programs on this system go.
>
>/lib	System libraries needed by programs in /bin and /sbin go here.
>
>/usr/share/doc	This is where documentation on a per-package basis goes.
>
>/usr/lib	Most of the system libraries go here.
>
>/var/log	All system logs go here on Linux.
>
>/lib/modules	Kernel modules
>
>/usr/include	Header files for development
>
>/usr/local	Programs that are not part of the base distribution
>		generally go here.
>
>Sure, it may look like there are lots of places to go, but it's all in
>one namespace.  You don't need specialized tools to walk around it and
>change things.  It'll become second nature once you use it more.
>
>Nate
>- Who preferred .ini files over the registry
>
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