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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!cs.ucf.edu!crigler
  3. From: crigler@cs.ucf.edu (James Crigler)
  4. Subject: Re: What rc stands for in .cshrc
  5. Message-ID: <crigler.726512905@eola.cs.ucf.edu>
  6. Sender: news@cs.ucf.edu (News system)
  7. Organization: University of Central Florida
  8. References: <neonakis.725835611@news.forth.gr> <id.E6CW.9X3@ferranti.com>
  9. Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:08:25 GMT
  10. Lines: 11
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  12. peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
  13.  
  14. >RC starts for "restart commands" or "run commands" (depending on whose
  15. >etymology you believe).
  16.  
  17. Funny, I've always (in my own rather vain mind) thought it was
  18. "runtime configuration."
  19.  
  20. Jim Crigler
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  22. !PC
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