On 02/01/2018 11:50 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
etc is from the Latin et cetera, meaning "I couldn't be bothered thinking
of any more".
~chuckle~
IMHO that makes the name of the "/etc" directory all that much more
entertaining. As in Dennis R. and Ken T. couldn't be bothered to come
up with more directory names than they had, e.g. /bin /lib /boot /var …
(I can't be bothered to think of or look for more.)
Yes, the puns are intended. }:-)
P.S. I find this thread interesting and timely as I had been thinking
about researching the etymology and use of "i.e.".
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
