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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.253.208.40!insync!news.io.com!news.fc.net!digdug.pswtech.com!psa.pencom.com!news From: Stephen Potter <spp@psisa.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Date: 09 Dec 1996 15:21:08 -0600 Organization: PSA -- Opinions are those of the this person only. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <uud8wjh0sb.fsf@psisa.com> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <steve.847913388@fastnet.prd.co.uk> <328bb47a.2221749@news.msn.fullfeed.com> <56n415$5k6@news.ece.nwu.edu> <mjl-2111961156310001@mjl3825.draper.com> <329f66bc.19193101@news.compulink.gr> <581t8k$7n@kirin.wwa.com> <583ogd$2gi@news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: psisa.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:27001 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1741 alt.folklore.computers:125683 balglaas@xs4all.nl () writes: > Also, something I'm curious about, what is behind the naming of '/etc'? etc is the abbreviation of the word "etcetera", meaning roughly "everything else". /etc was designed as a place to put things that didn't belong elsewhere, things that weren't binaries or libraries or user's files. -spp -- Stephen P Potter Pencom Systems Administration Chrysler, Detroit spp@psa.pencom.com Pager: 1-800-759-8888, 571-1869 Work: 703-860-2222 Check out <A HREF="http://www.perl.org/">The Perl Institute</A>