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From: "Joshua Lokken" <jolok@myrealbox.com>
To: "Thomas Connolly" <tpconnolly@frii.com>,
	"'Peter'" <Peter1994@home.nl>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:20:53 -0800
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Do you know where the abbreviations came from, ie. what does 'etc' stand
[stood] for?


Joshua


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Thomas Connolly
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:59 AM
> To: 'Peter'; freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd
>
>
> Here is the rundown on Unix filesystems.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/dirs
> tructure.html
>
> etc - usually pronounced et - see = System configuration and scripts
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Thomas P. Connolly
> Senior Development Engineer
> Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc.
> Phone: (970) 897-2711
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> Email: tconnolly@ceesi.com
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Peter
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:51 AM
> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
> Subject: Unix Freebsd
>
> Hello people,
>
> Maybe a stupid question but iam working lately on a unixbased
> system.. and
> i am learning the skills...
> At mine work we have a discussion about the names of the
> folders especially
> one folder; ETC.. lot of books [internetfiles] comment this one as
> ETCetera...
> Is this true?
> We think not, because in it are configuration files.. like
> *.conf Is the C
> a part of Configuration?
>
> And are the next ones true?   BIN=Binairy USR=Unix Sytem Resources??
>
> Sorry for the bad englisch, but mine native language is dutch... :)
>
> Waiting for your answer.. Greetz from the netherlands!
>
> --
> Peter
>
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