An Alternative For The UNIX Directory Structure¹

Hisham Muhammad         André Detsch

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Computação Aplicada - PIPCA
Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas
UNISINOS - Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
São Leopoldo - RS - Brasil
{hisham,detsch}@exatas.unisinos.br

Abstract. This work presents the directory hierarchy used in the GoboLinux distribution, a new model of directory tree for UNIX-based operating systems. This alternative approach provides a greater functional organization, designed to improve the management of software installed from source code compilation. It does that by making the structure of installed applications explicit in the directory tree.