Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:51:01 -0600 From: "Charles S. Libby" <Charles.S.Libby@motorola.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix Freebsd Message-ID: <3E494615.1000805@motorola.com> In-Reply-To: <OAEGJMOGEKPEGCNHFDFFAEBJCDAA.jolok@myrealbox.com> References: <OAEGJMOGEKPEGCNHFDFFAEBJCDAA.jolok@myrealbox.com>
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One of the possible acronyms used for etc is
E = Extended
T = Tool
C = Chest
Just one thought.
Charles
Joshua Lokken wrote:
>Thanks!
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>Joshua
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
>>[mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Thomas Connolly
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:31 AM
>>To: 'Johnson David'; 'Peter'
>>Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
>>Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd
>>
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>>Here here! I agree with everything you said.
>>
>>Thomas P. Connolly
>>Senior Development Engineer
>>Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc.
>>Phone: (970) 897-2711
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
>>[mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Johnson David
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:24 AM
>>To: Peter
>>Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
>>Subject: Re: Unix Freebsd
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>>Peter wrote:
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>>>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
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>>>one as ETCetera...
>>>Is this true?
>>>
>>>
>>I'm sure there's a real acronym in there somewhere, but I prefer to
>>think of it as simply "etcetera". I've been using UNIX for
>>twenty years,
>>and no one has set me straight yet.
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>>>And are the next ones true? BIN=Binairy USR=Unix Sytem Resources??
>>>
>>>
>>bin = "bin" as in executable binary, and not "bin" as in storage bin.
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>>usr = short for "user", at least that's how I always viewed it. I'm
>>probably wrong, but old habits die hard. It makes sense, because
>>software that is meant for the multiple users (either end users or
>>sysadmins) are stored in /usr somewhere, unless they are
>>needed at boot
>>time or in single user mode.
>>
>>In the long run, these names mean whatever you want them to mean.
>>
>>David
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