Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:40:37 -0600 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Subject: Re: A bit of trivia: what does usr stand for? Message-ID: <p06002002bc0c42333499@[10.0.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.1.20031220230641.02d15ec0@popserver.sfu.ca> References: <5.0.2.1.1.20031220224013.02cf25c0@popserver.sfu.ca> <5.0.2.1.1.20031220224013.02cf25c0@popserver.sfu.ca> <5.0.2.1.1.20031220230641.02d15ec0@popserver.sfu.ca>
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At 11:08 PM +0000 2003/12/20, Colin Percival wrote:
> 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. ;)
That would explain only part of "creat()".
I guess it was only lazy when it was late? ;-)
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+
!w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++)
tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)
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