Preferred directory structure for shared multimedia files

[Craig]

Nick Pierpoint wrote:
> I know this is a bit of "why on earth does it matter" question but these
> are the sort of things that wind me up and up to the point that I'm
> never happy with whatever solution I end up with...
> 
> So...
> 
> I'm creating a central repository of music and pictures that I'll make
> available over a wireless network within my home.
> 
> Predictably enough, instead of starting with a sensible practical issue,
> the issue that's really getting to me is under what directory structure
> to keep the repository?
> 
> Basically trying to follow FHS (http://www.pathname.com/fhs):
> 
> Currently its all under /opt/media so you'll understand my predicament.
> 
> /usr/share/multimedia: seems to fit best with the FHS
> 
> /media: my original top choice for a while but seems to be preferred to
> /mnt in the FHS.
> 
> /multimedia: feels a bit prominent
> 
> After talking it through with myself will probably go with
> /usr/share/multimedia
> 
> Any thoughts? Anyone care?
> 
> Thanks for reading this far.
> 
> --
> nick
> 
> 
In my judgment, I believe you've done a bit of "over thinking" in this case. Although I would agree that on 
a single, non-networked computer I would agree that the /usr/share/<multimedia> or other dir name would be 
appropriate if we are talking about the location of user-shared that are not app/environment-related (which 
would include backgrounds, themes, etc.). However, in this case, I would suggest that this is actually a 
network share (nfs). If you have room for a separate partition, I would suggest you make such a partition 
for these files and mount it under the /mnt (/mnt/pub is what I would do) dir. I use an external network 
drive mounted directly to the network (nfs share) and have a /pub sym link for convenience. As I stated at 
the beginning, I don't think this is relevant. These files don't fall under the category of 
app/environment-related stuff, ergo FHS doesn't really care about their location. If you have a separate 
/home partition (which is the least you should have), putting such files under the /home dir (/home/pub) 
makes just as much sense as anything else IMHO.

Craig
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