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To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: man rc, man rc.conf 
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I though the name was from an old old shell called rc (run command)

> > 
> > None of the manpages state directly what "rc" stands for. Resource
> > configuration?
> 
> I was always told it stood for "Run Control", but your guess
> sounds pretty good too.
> 
> ////jerry
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