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Re:Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin split (2010) by rascul on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @09:03AM (#31339345)
> I believe they're referring to the old SunOS (at least) convention that /sbin was for utilities that could be run during the boot process before /usr was mounted

My memory is hazy but I recall the distinction being / vs /usr not /bin vs /sbin.

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Re:Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin, usr/sbin split (2010) by InitialLastName on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @10:09AM (#31340167)
The article we're commenting on has that as the justification for /usr/bin and /bin in the second paragraph.
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