Workbench 3.1: Expansion Directory

[sim085]

Hi,

Whenever I install some program I first check where this is installed on ClassicWB to see if I am putting it in the right place (at least from a philosophical aspect). Lately I was told to install FullPalette and in ClassicWB this was placed in the Expansion directory. In ClassicWB the Expansion directory also has FBlit, TMeter and other.

However on another thread I read that the BindDrivers command will load drivers from this location!! So does this mean that this is not really the place for such application (ex: FBlit, TMeter, etc?). If not then what goes in this directory? I know that mostly anything works anywhere, but what really should go here?

Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

Thanks for the replies. So basically this directory is mostly related with hardware rather then software. I just downloaded the last version of ClassWB lite and I see that now all programs that where in Expansion directory are now in System directory. Is this ok?

I know that everything works everywhere, but philosophically shouldn't tools like FullPalette and FBlit be in prefs?

[sim085]

and what about the Libs directory? isn't that also for hardware drivers?

[sim085]

Thanks all the replies are helping me to learn a little bit more about Workbench. In the past I always used my Amiga to play games and now would like to explore a little more the reason why Workbench is structured as it is. Thanks again.

I am just realizing that Devs and Storage are practically the same. Is Storage use to backup stuff which otherwise would go to Devs?

[sim085]

So just to be sure, does it mean that 'devs' is for drivers that are for hardware that auto configure, while 'expansion' is for drivers that are for hardware that do not auto configure? (such as some accelerator cards?)