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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!azure.xara.net!xara.net!server6.netnews.ja.net!str-ccsun!strath-cs!bradford.ac.uk!cgrussel From: cgrussel@bradford.ac.uk (Vibrating Bum-Faced Goats) 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? Followup-To: 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 Date: 20 May 1997 09:44:41 GMT Organization: University of Bradford Lines: 23 Message-ID: <5lrrq9$98n@squire.cen.brad.ac.uk> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l37jg$87j$1@wuff.mayn.de> <5l7jvt$q8b$10@halon.vggas.com> <33776BE4.6883@ford.com> <337C64F0.41C6@cs.ucc.ie> <gCIU$zd@NewsReader.Com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kestrel.cen.brad.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45217 comp.os.linux.misc:176183 comp.os.linux.x:62050 alt.os.linux:21412 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3342 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41276 gnu.misc.discuss:31389 comp.unix.solaris:106961 Curt Welch (curt@kcwc.com) wrote: : what /var was - it came many many years later. I've : always thought it meant variable i.e. the stuff that would : change from one system to the next on a network of : systems with shared filesystems. My guess is to variable as well but variable in the sense that the stuff in there varies throughout the course of the day: log files, spools, etc. : As a quiz, how many people remember these directories, : what they were used for, and what their names mean. : /sys/dmr : /sys/ken Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie? -- Chris Russell | Bradford Bulls - Wembley 1997 Electronic Imaging Unit | University of Bradford | Tough on St.Helens TEL: +44 1274 385463 | Tough on the causes of St.Helens.