* David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-04-01 23:00]: > What does 'rc' mean in:
For a bit of history: <http://kb.indiana.edu/data/abnd.html> runcom (as in .cshrc or /etc/rc) The rc command derives from the runcom facility from the MIT CTSS system, ca. 1965. From Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, as told to Vicki Brown: "There was a facility that would execute a bunch of commands stored in a file; it was called runcom for "run commands", and the file began to be called "a runcom". rc in Unix is a fossil from that usage." Note: The name of the shell from the Plan 9 operating system is also rc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
