mwblas@monsanto.com (02/20/91)
Here's a simple question (At least I hope it's simple). The system startup file is /etc/rc. What do the letters rc stand for? Thanks. Marc ********************************************************************* * Marcus W. Blaskie Email: mwblas@bb1t.monsanto.com * * Research Computing Consortium Telephone: (314/537-6967) * * Monsanto Company * * 700 Chesterfield Village Pkwy. * * St. Louis, Missouri 63198 * *********************************************************************
lab@tellabs.com (Lester Bautista) (02/21/91)
In article <1991Feb20.151226.3076@monsanto.com> mwblas@monsanto.com writes: > > Here's a simple question (At least I hope it's simple). > The system startup file is /etc/rc. What do the letters > rc stand for? Thanks. > > > Marc > Somebody had told me that the "rc" in the dot files .cshrc and .mailrc stand for "run command". I would guess that this also applies for /etc/rc - my $.02 worth. -- Lester Bautista internet : lab@tellabs.com Tellabs, Inc. tel: 708-512-7820 4951 Indiana Ave., Lisle, IL 60532 fax: 708-512-7099
felps@convex.com (Robert Felps) (02/21/91)
In <5375@tellab5.tellabs.com> lab@tellabs.com (Lester Bautista) writes: >In article <1991Feb20.151226.3076@monsanto.com> mwblas@monsanto.com writes: >> >> Here's a simple question (At least I hope it's simple). >> The system startup file is /etc/rc. What do the letters >> rc stand for? Thanks. >> >> >> Marc >> >Somebody had told me that the "rc" in the dot files .cshrc and .mailrc >stand for "run command". I would guess that this also applies for >/etc/rc - my $.02 worth. I thought it meant "run card" from sometime in the past, hopefully in the past. :-) Thanks, Robert Felps I don't speak for felps@convex.com Convex Computer Corp Convex and seldom OS System Specialist 3000 Waterview Parkway for myself. Tech. Assistant Ctr Richardson, Tx. 75083 1(800) 952-0379
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (02/22/91)
In article <1991Feb20.151226.3076@monsanto.com> mwblas@monsanto.com writes: > What do the letters rc stand for? I suspect the answer is in the Frequently Asked Questions list. Please do not bring this up for the umpteenth time in this newsgroup.
steinbac@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Guenter Steinbach) (02/22/91)
"rc" stands for "run control", I think. A number of unix programs use "...rc" files for initialization. Guenter Steinbach gunter_steinbach@hplabs.hp.com
sahayman@porbeagle.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman) (02/22/91)
>I suspect the answer is in the Frequently Asked Questions list.
Actually, this one isn't. I thought it was. I'm trying to find out
some sort of 'official' documentation of what 'rc' stands for - it's not
in the jargon file, and I couldn't find anytning in "Life with Unix" -
and if I do, I'll add it to the FAQ list.
If anyone has any firm confirmation of what 'rc' stands for, please email me.
(Please don't email me just to say "I think it stands for 'run command'".)
Thanks,
Steve
The FAQ guy.
P.S. Now that the jargon file is getting fairly wide distribution,
I'm thinking of dropping the pronunciation section from the FAQ list
and replacing it with a pointer to the jargon file. If anybody feels
strongly one way or the other about this, please let me know.jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (02/22/91)
In article <1991Feb22.094951.9539@news.cs.indiana.edu>, sahayman@porbeagle.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman) writes: |> >I suspect the answer is in the Frequently Asked Questions list. |> |> Actually, this one isn't. I thought it was. I'm trying to find out |> some sort of 'official' documentation of what 'rc' stands for - it's not |> in the jargon file, and I couldn't find anytning in "Life with Unix" - |> and if I do, I'll add it to the FAQ list. It isn't in the comp.unix.questions FAQ. It is in the news.announce.newusers FAQ: 4. What does "rc" at the end of files like .newsrc mean? It is related to the phrase "run commands." It is used for any file that contains startup information for a command. The use of "rc" in startup files derives from the /etc/rc command file used to start multi-user UNIX. -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710
felps@convex.com (Robert Felps) (02/26/91)
In <1991Feb22.094951.9539@news.cs.indiana.edu> sahayman@porbeagle.cs.indiana.edu (Steve Hayman) writes: > >I suspect the answer is in the Frequently Asked Questions list. >Actually, this one isn't. I thought it was. I'm trying to find out >some sort of 'official' documentation of what 'rc' stands for - it's not >in the jargon file, and I couldn't find anytning in "Life with Unix" - >and if I do, I'll add it to the FAQ list. >If anyone has any firm confirmation of what 'rc' stands for, please email me. >(Please don't email me just to say "I think it stands for 'run command'".) I worked for an RBOC (Southwestern Bell) and one of the managers who had worked at Bell Labs made the statment that /etc/rc was the "Run Card" file for booting the system. That is, each job you run through a card reader has a Run Card to start the job running. Thus UNIX needed a run card to start running. It just so happened that the this file was considered the run card and thus named rc. Whether this is true are not, I have no idea, but it sounded good at the time. >Thanks, >Steve >The FAQ guy. >P.S. Now that the jargon file is getting fairly wide distribution, >I'm thinking of dropping the pronunciation section from the FAQ list >and replacing it with a pointer to the jargon file. If anybody feels >strongly one way or the other about this, please let me know.