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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.73.178.32!chippy.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!ais.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!news.voicenet.com!omni2!jbodarky From: Steve Elliott <jbodarky@voicenet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 17:02:55 -0400 Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970513170134.19438A-100000@omni2> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l3c2f$i1j@pasilla.bbnplanet.com> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: omni2.voicenet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: jbodarky@omni2 To: Brandon Harris <bharris@gaijin.com> cc: comp.os.linux.misc@th-darmstadt.de, jbodarky@ncofsi.com In-Reply-To: <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:44855 comp.os.linux.misc:174969 comp.os.linux.x:61407 alt.os.linux:21069 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3182 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40802 gnu.misc.discuss:31210 comp.unix.solaris:106286 On Tue, 13 May 1997, Brandon Harris wrote: > Jonathan Bodarky wrote: > > > > SNIP SNIP SNIP SNIP > > > > dd = Data Dump (At least I always thought so) > > Device Dump Sure about that one? The functionality of dd if=/tmp/myfile conv=ascii of=/tmp/newfile wouldn't make sense if the command were truly a device level operator. > > > > su = Super User I stand corrected on that one... > Substitute User > > -b. > > > --- > Brandon Harris, Systems Consultant http://www.gaijin.com/ > bharris@gaijin.com jormungandr@sfnet.com > Unix : Security : HTML : CGI : NT : USENIX : SAGE : NCSA >