Re:I'm “still afraid to use spaces in file names” years old
by matheusmoreira on Thursday November 11, 2021 @05:23PM
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> I wonder how hard it would be to rearrange the folder structure in linux
Restructuring the directories is the easy part. You just delete the old tree and make a new one. You can also mount procfs and sysfs wherever you want.
The hard part is modifying existing software to work with the new tree. So many programs assume you have a "standard" file system tree. So many programs assume procfs is mounted at /proc. So many programs have hardcoded paths. Shared library locationd can become part of the binaries when they're compiled. It's insane and you'd essentially be creating a new Linux distribution.
Restructuring the directories is the easy part. You just delete the old tree and make a new one. You can also mount procfs and sysfs wherever you want.
The hard part is modifying existing software to work with the new tree. So many programs assume you have a "standard" file system tree. So many programs assume procfs is mounted at /proc. So many programs have hardcoded paths. Shared library locationd can become part of the binaries when they're compiled. It's insane and you'd essentially be creating a new Linux distribution.