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> > 3. /usr/mdec is a silly-assed name.  Who thought of it?  What does it even
> 
> The mdec name certainly isn't FreeBSD-specific, changing it would add
> to the difficulty of finding things based on a "general knowledge" of
> Unix-like systems.

Has it:			FreeBSD, NetBSD, possibly OpenBSD.
Doesn't have it:	Solaris 2, HP-UX, Digital Unix, BSD/OS, RedHat 5.2

I'm afraid there isn't much "general" about /usr/mdec.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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