At 2:01 PM +0000 2/12/01, Aled Morris wrote:
>On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Warner Losh wrote:
>
>>Even the name (dd) comes from IBM's control language (JSYS?).
>
>I don't disagree, but someone once told me the name came from
>what it does "Convert and Copy a file" - see dd(1) - but "cc"
>was already taken...
For what it's worth, I've also heard this. In fact, I heard
it from a certain Jon "Maddog" Hall just last week...
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