PS: Oh, and wsrc stands for write to /usr/src, sorry: https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#wsrc
On 14/04/2019, ropers <rop...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 11:31:33AM +0900, Jerome Pinot wrote: >>> I'm curious to know what is the origin of the "w(s)" prefix we have >>> on some OpenBSD specific places, like: >>> - wscons >>> -wsmoused >>> - wskbd >>> - wsrc >>> - wobj >>> etc >>> >>> It seems to be a quite old practice and common with other BSDs. >>> Anybody has the history for this? > > On 14/04/2019, Bryan Steele <bry...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 'workstation console' at least sounds plausible. >> https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-cons.html > > ws for workstation is correct. However, wobj is the odd one out in > that list, and it stands for write to /usr/obj: > https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Miscellanea >
