[ On Monday, August 26, 2002 at 08:39:19 (-0700), Mike Wlodarczyk wrote: ]
> Subject: Re:
>
> Actually, hier(7) also has
> 
>         /stand/         programs used in a standalone environment
> 
> The rescue environment certainly seems standalone to me. And since
> /stand is already there and empty, why was a new directory invented ?

"standalone" has a special meaning.  Such programs can be loaded
directly by the boot loader (or perhaps by a stand-alone shell) and they
operate without the assistance of any kernel whatsoever.  They are truly
stand alone programs.

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