Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 22:08:43 +0100 From: "Colin J. Raven" <duiker@haggis.nl> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd Message-ID: <001601c2d211$c2899a30$1500000a@scrk.com> In-Reply-To: <3E494615.1000805@motorola.com>
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Damn, that's clever. I never thought of that...(seriously!! I'm really *not* being sarcastic) What kind of a mind do you have?? Awesome and creepy at the same time :-) -Colin On February 11th 2003 at 19:56 CET Charles S. Libby said; +> One of the possible acronyms used for etc is +> E = Extended +> T = Tool +> C = Chest +> +> Just one thought. +> Charles +> >>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
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