The idea of this directory is that scripts and binary executables
can be in separate directories. Where it is convenient,there is one
universal script that works on all Unix platforms.
This is in contrast to binaries, which must be recompiled for each platform,
This is especially 
desireable because it makes it possible to have binaries for
all platforms on a single file server, and the correct binary
directory is chosen at login time. For example:

$DB/script		universal
$DB/java		universal
$DB/bin-solaris-sparc	solaris-sparc
$DB/bin-linux-intel	linux-intel
$DB/bin-aix		aix

This also makes it easier for BIRCH to be ported to other
platforms. The only thing that should need to be changed 
is the bin-xxx directory. script should ideally be portable
with no change.

At the same time, it probably doesn't make sense to try
to migrate every script from a bin directory to
the script directory. This adds a level of complexity.
Therefore, it is left up to the administrator how much
or how little to use the script directory.

One suggestion is that wrappers, and stand-alone applications
implemented as scripts, should be in the script directory.

 
