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What's the difference here? I would think /usr/bin would have the advantage of being available system-wide rather than on just one account, but I'm not terribly unix-smart.

Enlighten me?

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Take a look at this article: http://hivelogic.com/articles/using_usr_local/

That was incredibly eye opening, I never realized that where you placed something could actually be important.

Thanks for the link, have some karma! :)

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