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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!europa.clark.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!pasteur.fr!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!univ-bpclermont.fr!llaic!espel From: espel@llaic.univ-bpclermont.fr (Roger Espel Llima) 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: 15 May 1997 02:56:13 GMT Organization: LLAIC, Univ. Clermont-Ferrand 1, France Lines: 24 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5ldu0d$n40@cicsun.univ-bpclermont.fr> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <Pine.SUN.3.95.970513170134.19438A-100000@omni2> <5lanj7$6r4@netaxs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: llaic.univ-bpclermont.fr Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:44971 comp.os.linux.misc:175360 comp.os.linux.x:61591 alt.os.linux:21161 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3231 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40921 gnu.misc.discuss:31269 comp.unix.solaris:106555 In article <5lanj7$6r4@netaxs.com>, Joel Coltoff <joel@wmi0.wmi.com> wrote: |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. didn't cp/m have a command called PIP too, for copying? i think i saw that on old crappy amstrads. Roger -- e-mail: espel@llaic.univ-bpclermont.fr, espel@unix.bigots.org WWW page & PGP key: http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/espel/index.html