On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 08:45:55AM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > I was reading up on the Linux file system layout >(http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/chap_03.html) and wonder just _how_ >difficult it would be to remap the structure, say into a OSX-like layout. >Well, I guess this would require everything to be patched and recompiled (not >a problem for Gentoo users, right? :) Has anyone ever tried this? Well, while >I'm dreaming, I would also patch all programs that store data in >$HOME/.program-name-rc to $HOME/.dotfiles/.program-name-rc or something like >that. Any other ideas? How odd. That is one of the things I don't like about OSX, its file structure. Is there some particlual reason you want to do this? Or is it the reason why I find myself doing silly things. BECAUSE I CAN. hehe As far as the logisistics of doing this... I suspect it will be less than simple. However, I have never tried such a task, so I really don't know. Well, at least not if you want to do things like use a package manager to install/update packages, or remembering to set all the --prefix and such lines correctly when you compile new software. I bet it will keep you busy though. :) -- Linux Administrator || Technology Specialist || Wifi Engineer http://autonomous.tv/~spencer/resume/ || spencer at autonomous.tv Key fingerprint = 173B 8760 E59F DBF8 6FD2 68F8 ABA2 AB08 49C7 4754 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20030504/4878ad5d/attachment.pgp