Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Vince Scarafino
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 00:00

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Timothy R Prodin wrote:
> 
> Mike Cheselka <armajiro@ccsi.com> wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> >>> > > dd = Data Dump (At least I always thought so)
> >>> > Device Dump
> ...
> >Actually, dd stands for copy & convert, but cc was already taken.
> 
> The definitive answer on this appeared earlier in this thread - dd is
> define data; and the command is a takeoff on the JCL card of the same
> name.  (Of course, the dd JCL card has more options; and a more
> confusing syntax.)  There was a forwarded letter from DMR on this earlier
> in this thread.
> 

The JCL DD card may have had more options, but they had less
functionality.  (Quite a knack to be able to do that.)

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From: Vince Scarafino <vscarafi@ford.com>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/30
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