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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!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!Sprint!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-5.sprintlink.net!news.state.or.us!news From: Steve Hathaway <steve@oem.state.or.us> Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: Thu, 15 May 97 15:21:23 PDT Organization: State of Oregon Government, Salem, Oregon, USA. Lines: 28 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <NEWTNews.863735492.21085.Steve@oem030.oem.state.or.us> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <5lcjee$g4i$1@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> <5lclfo$597$1@news.ececs.uc.edu> <sejaflxyhnp.fsf@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <337A4444.1B61@agcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: oem030.oem.state.or.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au gnu.misc.discuss:31291 comp.unix.solaris:106624 comp.unix.shell:45011 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3252 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40979 comp.os.linux.x:61655 comp.os.linux.misc:175485 Try looking at RFC 2000 This document is the current list of Internet network standards. Many of the unix commands are documented in unix command reference books. Command files are often found in the following directories: /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin A variety of commands are scattered elesewhere through the unix system. The most common unix documentation can be read via: man commandname The standard command documentation is usually found in the subdirectories of: /usr/man ===== Gee, this is a big cros-posted thread!