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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers,London,(0956) 361 769,(0181) 840 7880) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: What is the /stand directory? Date: 16 Jan 1995 20:59:37 -0000 Organization: None Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3femnq$1ms@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <3f890vINN1f2@anvil.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Markus Meister (h5h1@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca) wrote: : Greetings. This may be a silly question, but what is the purpose of the : /stand directory and the files in it? Also, why are most of the files there : (I believe ALL the binary files) reported to have a huge size, like : this excerpt of the output from ls -l: : -rwxrwxr-x 55 root bin 1224704 Dec 4 09:54 sed* : -rwxrwxr-x 55 root bin 1224704 Dec 4 09:54 sh* : -rwxrwxr-x 55 root bin 1224704 Dec 4 09:54 sh-* : -rwxrwxr-x 55 root bin 1224704 Dec 4 09:54 slattach* : -rwxrwxr-x 55 root bin 1224704 Dec 4 09:54 sleep* : Sorry if these are silly questions; if this is in a FAQ somewhere, : please point me to it. I couldn't find the info. : -Markus This is the directory that was used for installation (standalone). All of the programs are the same thing (ls -i). You can remove it if you want. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....