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Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: lumpy
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 00:00
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Here's a few that I always wonder about:

/etc = ETCetera ??
/usr = USeR ??
/var = VARious ??

tcsh = exTended C SHell ??

biff ?? Does it mean anything?


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From: lumpy <lumpy@cs.ucc.ie>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/16
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