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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!stdio!uninett.no!hermod.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no> 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 22:51:18 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software; +47 2295 0313; http://www.naggum.no Lines: 9 Message-ID: <3072725478470958@naggum.no> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l37jg$87j$1@wuff.mayn.de> <5l7jvt$q8b$10@halon.vggas.com> <5l9asg$geo$1@studs.sci.kun.nl> <337a06d8.521009@news.rug.ac.be> <337B663C.614C@hstn.tensor.pgs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: naggum.no mail-copies-to: never X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.5/19.35.-111 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45009 comp.os.linux.misc:175480 comp.os.linux.x:61652 alt.os.linux:21193 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3251 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40977 gnu.misc.discuss:31290 comp.unix.solaris:106623 * Kevin Hudson | dd = Duplicate Data I believe "dd" comes from IBM's JCL. the syntax has a certain JCL feel to it, too. not that I know what "dd" stood for. #\Erik -- if we work harder, will obsolescence be farther ahead or closer?