Preferred directory structure for shared multimedia files

Nick Pierpoint mail at pierpoint.org
Sun Oct 17 17:03:05 UTC 2004


On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 17:53, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 05:19:19PM +0100, Nick Pierpoint wrote:
> > Predictably enough, instead of starting with a sensible practical issue,
> > the issue that's really getting to me is under what directory structure
> > to keep the repository?
> [snip]
> > Basically trying to follow FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs):
> > Currently its all under /opt/media so you'll understand my predicament.
> > /usr/share/multimedia: seems to fit best with the FHS
> 
> If it's part of the OS (managed by RPM), then yeah. Otherwise, you're
> probably best off with /usr/local/share/whatever. That's pretty much the
> point of local.

good point.

> Another FHS 2.3 option would be /srv/multimedia, since your purpose is to
> share this data out over some network protocol.

Haven't come across the /srv option before. Appears to be a sensible
place - also appears to be better suited to ftp and http directories
than the traditional /var/ftp and /var/http

--
nick




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