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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!psgrain!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!newshub.csu.net!csulb.edu!gatech!news-out.communique.net!communique!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!en.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!netaxs.com!wmi0!joel From: joel@wmi0.wmi.com (Joel Coltoff) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 21:48:47 GMT Organization: Woodward McCoach, Inc. Lines: 19 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5lanj7$6r4@netaxs.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970513170134.19438A-100000@omni2> NNTP-Posting-Host: gatekeeper.wmi.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:44929 comp.os.linux.misc:175257 comp.os.linux.x:61543 alt.os.linux:21126 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3210 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40881 gnu.misc.discuss:31247 comp.unix.solaris:106473 Steve Elliott <jbodarky@voicenet.com> wrote: >> >> > dd = Data Dump (At least I always thought so) >> Device Dump >Sure about that one? The functionality of >dd if=/tmp/myfile conv=ascii of=/tmp/newfile >wouldn't make sense if the command were truly a device >level operator. My recollection is Device-to-Device copy. I've heard that this was the equivalent of PIP (peripheral interchange program) that ran on RT-11/RSTS/tenex/twenex and a whole bunch of other DEC operating systems. Ouch I think I'm showing my age and I'm not even 40. -- Joel Coltoff I'd explain it, but there's a lot of math. -- Calvin