Workbench: What really goes where?

[sim085]

Hi,

When you install workbench on a hard disk there are a set of pre-defined directories that get created, such as; Tools, System, Commodities, C, L, S, etc, etc.

My question is; what should really go into each of these directories? Is there any written documentation on this?

So far I always leave it to the installation setup to determine what goes where. However I would really like to know how to determine which files go where.

Regards,
Sim085

[Matt_H]

C is for command-line stuff. L is for handlers and filesystems. S is for scripts. The difference between Tools and Utilities is so vague that they've been consolidated in OS4.0. I put small applications in Utilities (media players, text editors) and generally leave Tools alone. Commodities is, not surprisingly, for commodities (readme files should tell you if a given program is a commodity). I usually don't touch System.

The Workbench and DOS manuals probably document this, too. I'm not sure. Technically, you can put anything anywhere you want, just as long as you know how to access it when you need it.

[amigagr]

i hope here you will find a lot of info about workbench and amiga os.
http://aminet.net/docs/help

[sim085]

Thanks, I will check the workbench manuals as well

[Boot_WB]

After 20-odd years I've just started using the "Expansions" directory. I use this for hardware-related utilities (eg CyberSCSI, ie utilities for hardware "expansions") as opposed to software utilities (eg Snoopdos).

Every time I re-install the OS things end up in different places though. Comes from having a small OS partition, and then dumping program installations into a large "work" partition. Don't know exactly why I ended up doing this, just a habit I've picked up over the years I suppose. One day I'll get it all exactly how I want it....

[Golem!dk]

After 20-odd years I've just started using the "Expansions" directory. I use this for hardware-related utilities (eg CyberSCSI, ie utilities for hardware "expansions") as opposed to software utilities (eg Snoopdos).

SYS:Expansions is not for utilities, the BindDrivers command will load drivers from this location.

[amigagr]

realy, it was used in the workbench 1.x era for scsi device etc.

@Boot_WB: all these years from 3.0 up to 3.9 i'm puting varius utilities and other stuff
and so far i i'm up to 650mb of a system partition.