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#! rnews 1874 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!data.ramona.vix.com!sonysjc!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.apfel.de!fu-berlin.de!unlisys!btnet-feed3!gmv.es!news.ddnet.es!not-for-mail From: "josemaria cr" <jose@digital.ddnet.es> 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: 28 May 1997 10:00:24 GMT Organization: ddnet Lines: 30 Message-ID: <01bc6b4e$00b34120$9d4d4cc3@chema.ddnet.es> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l37jg$87j$1@wuff.mayn.de> <5l7jvt$q8b$10@halon.vggas.com> <33776BE4.6883@ford.com> <337C64F0.41C6@cs.ucc.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: chema.ddnet.es X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45482 comp.os.linux.misc:177361 comp.os.linux.x:62710 alt.os.linux:21633 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3430 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41751 gnu.misc.discuss:31510 comp.unix.solaris:107776 Hi lumpy!! Here we go! (late is better than never) The /etc directory contains files that have to do with system administration, that are requiered for shutdown. The /usr contains all referred to individual programs. -- josemaria cr jose@digital.ddnet.es lumpy <lumpy@cs.ucc.ie> escribió en artículo <337C64F0.41C6@cs.ucc.ie>... > Here's a few that I always wonder about: > > /etc = ETCetera ?? > /usr = USeR ?? > /var = VARious ?? > > tcsh = exTended C SHell ?? > > biff ?? Does it mean anything? > > > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > lumpy@cs.ucc.ie http://interzone.ucc.ie/lumpy > > Reason 1 why Kirk is better then Picard: > One Word: Balls >