Option Directories -- Contents

The "option" directory (/opt) has come to replace /usr/local in our new network configuration. This document describes how we use /opt for this purpose. The details described here are a companion to the conference presentation Scripts for Linux and HP-UX.

• Rationale: Why things are the way they are.
• Overview: How the whole system hangs together.
• Master: The structure of a master opt node.
• Packages: The structure of the pkg and site directories.
• Application: The structure of a typical application directory.
• Workstation: The structure of a "plain-vanilla" workstation.
• Custom: Some ways a workstation can be tailored to fit.
• Convenience: Commonly used convenience directories.
• Example: A working, annotated example.
• Repln: A script to help replicate links.