From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 30 07:19:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 047B916A4BF for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:19:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aviti.net (aviti.net [217.144.68.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E2A043FD7 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 07:19:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from life@zone3000.net) Received: from zone3000.kharkov.ua ([217.144.68.98] helo=adserver.zone3000.net) by aviti.net with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19t6Zb-0007k4-9J for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:19:27 +0300 Received: from narik ([10.1.1.36]) by adserver.zone3000.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:25:36 +0300 Message-ID: <008f01c36f01$b7b5eef0$2401010a@zone3000.net> From: "Vitali Malicky" To: References: <1e2.f3352ba.2c81bfb8@aol.com> <005e01c36ef5$c9b17900$2401010a@zone3000.net> <3F50B100.1020601@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 17:19:26 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Aug 2003 14:25:36.0781 (UTC) FILETIME=[9474DBD0:01C36F02] X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *19t6Zb-0007k4-9J*zrBArmSG0no* Subject: Re: Newer names X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Vitali Malicky List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 14:19:30 -0000 > Vitali Malicky wrote: > > What about DRAGON? There is also such a term as DRAGON. Yes, I'm all > > serious. cron is a DRAGON, for example. DRAGON is a process which may run > > other processes periodically under a user specified. What about it? And many > > my colleagues, and me as well, refer to it also as PROCESS. > You've made me curious. Can you explain me the acronym DRAGON? Or did > you just make that up? OK, Hendrik! On monday I'll take "A Student's Guide To UNIX(C)" by Harley Hann which I began with 5 years ago, and I'll quote for you and for all dear All the whole paragraph where it's explained. Deal? > > Hendrik Vitali >