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Article #4436Re: unix acronyms (3 ANSWERS)
From: Allen Kirby
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 00:00
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OK, here are the answers to three acronyms that we can't seem to agree
on. I decided to go straight to the source: Ken Thompson at Bell
Laboratories - Lucent Technologies. He was kind enough to answer these
three for me. So can we stop arguing about these?
> bss is "block storage start". it is an
> ibm and gecos assembler directive that
> creates a block of space and defines
> a symbol at the beginning of the space.
>
> dd is a joke based on the ugly syntax
> of the ibm dd ("define data") command.
> the unix dd command has a million options
> and a unique syntax.
>
> su is "super user" or "set super user".
>
> ken
Vince Scarafino wrote:
>
<snip>
> ...and I thought dd came from the OS/MFT JCL DD card, that was used
> for Data Definition...
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Allen Kirby AT&T ITS Production Services
akirby@att.com Alpharetta, GA.
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