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From: des@corp.netcom.net.uk (Des Herriott)
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: 21 May 1997 16:24:48 GMT
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In article <m3bu6dyd3y.fsf@zaphod.enst.fr>,
Samuel Tardieu <sam@ada.eu.org> writes:
>>>>>> "Brandon" == Brandon Harris <bharris@gaijin.com> writes:
> Brandon> Device Dump
>
> I was told a few years ago that the programmers wanted to use "cc" for
> Carbon Copy but this was already used for the C Compiler, so they
> chose "dd" without any good reason :)
Close. 'dd' stands for "convert and copy". At least, every dd manual
page on every Unix system I've used (which is quite a few) has it that
way.
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Des Herriott
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