Re: Which directory should I place the html files

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

Mike Chambers wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yi-chen Lan" <yichen cit uws edu au>
> To: <redhat-list redhat com>
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 10:35 PM
> Subject: Which directory should I place the html files
>
> > Hi,
> > I've just installed RedHat 7 and Apache Server, I can see the information
> > page from browser (127.0.0.1), now I would like to place my own html files
> > (index.html). Which directory should I place the html files?
>
> Try in /var/www/html/
>
> This was moved from /home/httpd/ to /var/www/ in 7 and after.

does anyone know why was this done?  I always thought that var was for stuff
that changed alot (VARies?) I rarely keep a really big var partition but do
keep a pretty good size /home.  I can always create a partition and mount it as
/var/www but I am curious as to the reasoning.  I figure there is something to
be leasrned but I am at a lose as to what it might be.

TIA

Bret