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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!Gamma.RU!srcc!demos!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!shellx!kbibb From: kbibb@best.com (Ken Bibb) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Date: 19 Nov 1996 21:35:03 -0800 Organization: BEST Internet Communications Lines: 16 Message-ID: <kbibb.848468050@shellx> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <569rkk$gv0@orac.mon.rnb.com> <1996111212371894551@[192.159.32.153]> <wzzq0kfrg0.fsf@expernet26.expernet.com> <56l8sj$6d2@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26549 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1567 alt.folklore.computers:124935 In <56l8sj$6d2@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> shoppa@alph02.triumf.ca (Tim Shoppa) writes: [deleted] >Note that the above utility programs can be called through Keyboard >monitor commands, which can be abbreviated to 1 or 2 characters >in many cases. The concept of a "keyboard monitor" with >abbreviable commands is completely foreign to Unix - but this >will hardly matter after January 17, 2038! Isn't analogous to the unix idea of a shell where you can abbreviate the commands? -- Ken Bibb Unsolicited advertisements sent to these accounts kbibb@best.com will be charged $250/msg. kbibb@csd.sgi.com