Q: /sbin /usr/sbin and /usr/bin executables differences

From: Javier Aida <jaida_at_gmd.com.pe>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 09:18:05 -0500

Hi
Does anyone knows what's the difference between a /sbin, /usr/sbin or /usr/bin executables ? I understand that /sbin and /usr/sbin keeps "superuser" commands, but i find here that apparently some commands are pretty different.
An example:

# l /usr/bin/rm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 24576 Jul 24 1995 /usr/bin/rm
# l /sbin/rm
-rwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 131072 Jul 24 1995 rm
# file /usr/bin/rm
/usr/bin/rm: COFF format alpha dynamically linked, demand paged executable or object module stripped - version 3.11-
# file /sbin/rm
rm: COFF format alpha demand paged executable or object module stripped - version 3.11-8

Why these differences in size ? Have them any visible difference respect their behavior ?

Thanks in advance


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