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I read this up on this website and it dosentdoesn't make sense.

http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/documents/basic/node32.html

When UNIX was first written, /bin/bin and /usr/bin/usr/bin physically resided on two different disks: /bin/bin being on a smaller faster (more expensive) disk, and /usr/bin/usr/bin on a bigger slower disk. Now, /bin/bin is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/usr/bin: they are essentially the same directory.

butBut when you lsls the /bin folder, it has far less content than the /usr/bin folder (atleastat least on my running system).

So can someone please explain the difference?

I read this up on this website and it dosent make sense.

http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/documents/basic/node32.html

When UNIX was first written, /bin and /usr/bin physically resided on two different disks: /bin being on a smaller faster (more expensive) disk, and /usr/bin on a bigger slower disk. Now, /bin is a symbolic link to /usr/bin: they are essentially the same directory.

but when you ls the /bin folder it has far less content than the /usr/bin folder (atleast on my running system).

So can someone please explain the difference?

I read this up on this website and it doesn't make sense.

http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/documents/basic/node32.html

When UNIX was first written, /bin and /usr/bin physically resided on two different disks: /bin being on a smaller faster (more expensive) disk, and /usr/bin on a bigger slower disk. Now, /bin is a symbolic link to /usr/bin: they are essentially the same directory.

But when you ls the /bin folder, it has far less content than the /usr/bin folder (at least on my running system).

So can someone please explain the difference?

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Difference between /bin and /usr/bin

I read this up on this website and it dosent make sense.

http://rcsg-gsir.imsb-dsgi.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/documents/basic/node32.html

When UNIX was first written, /bin and /usr/bin physically resided on two different disks: /bin being on a smaller faster (more expensive) disk, and /usr/bin on a bigger slower disk. Now, /bin is a symbolic link to /usr/bin: they are essentially the same directory.

but when you ls the /bin folder it has far less content than the /usr/bin folder (atleast on my running system).

So can someone please explain the difference?