From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Feb 11 10:56:26 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 797E437B401 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:56:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from motgate5.mot.com (motgate5.mot.com [144.189.100.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D57E43FA3 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:56:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Charles.S.Libby@motorola.com) Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate5.mot.com (Motorola/Motgate5) with ESMTP id h1BIuCuZ021303 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:56:13 -0700 (MST) Received: [from il33exm02.wes.mot.com (il33exm02.wes.mot.com [154.56.3.102]) by pobox.mot.com (MOT-pobox 2.0) with ESMTP id LAA08241 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:56:21 -0700 (MST)] Received: from motorola.com (DHCP129_188_138_177.corp.mot.com [129.188.138.177]) by il33exm02.wes.mot.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2656.59) id 1SRVB96M; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:56:21 -0600 Message-ID: <3E494615.1000805@motorola.com> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:51:01 -0600 From: "Charles S. Libby" Reply-To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix Freebsd References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org One of the possible acronyms used for etc is E = Extended T = Tool C = Chest Just one thought. Charles Joshua Lokken wrote: >Thanks! > >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 10:31 AM >>To: 'Johnson David'; 'Peter' >>Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org >>Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd >> >> >>Here here! I agree with everything you said. >> >>Thomas P. Connolly >>Senior Development Engineer >>Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc. >>Phone: (970) 897-2711 >>Fax: (970) 897-2710 >>Email: tconnolly@ceesi.com >> >> >>-----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 >> >>Peter wrote: >> >> >>>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? >>> >>> >>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. >> >> >> >>>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. >> >>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 >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message >> >> >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message