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From: Marc Ramirez <mrami@bluecirclesoft.com>
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 11:08:02PM +0000, Colin Percival wrote:
> At 18:04 20/12/2003 -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> >Colin Percival wrote:
> >> There's an urban myth floating around that it meant Unix System Resour=
ce.
> >>According to denizens of afc, this is likely a backronym, since the fir=
st
> >>use of /usr/ was to store user's files.
> >
> >The urban myth is believeable, though, since it seems silly to abbreviate
> >"user" with "usr" ... I mean, you're only saving 1 letter.
>=20
>   The same could be said about /tmp.  I suspect it has less to do with
> abbreviation, and more to do with someone having a broken "e" key on their
> keyboard. ;)

I always thought "tmp" stood for "Temporarily Manipulated Philes."

Marc.

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