Hi,
Does anyone know what RC (in bashrc/mailrc/... ) means or how it originated? I mean, is it an acronym? If yes, what does it stand for?
I know: A script file containing the startup instructions for a program (an application or even the operating system). The file, to be executed automatically when the operating system is started, contains a list of instructions (commands or other scripts) to run.
wild guess ... resource configuration :)
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Hi,
Does anyone know what RC (in bashrc/mailrc/... ) means or how it originated? I mean, is it an acronym? If yes, what does it stand for?
I know: A script file containing the startup instructions for a program (an application or even the operating system). The file, to be executed automatically when the operating system is started, contains a list of instructions (commands or other scripts) to run.
-- Goldwyn :o)
» -----Original Message----- » From: linuxers-bounces@mm.ilug-bom.org.in » On Behalf Of Harsh » Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:47 AM » wild guess ... resource configuration :)
"runlevel configuration" also seems possible...
resource config sounds like windows...
;-)
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Quoting goldwyn rodrigues rgoldwyn@in.ibm.com:
Does anyone know what RC (in bashrc/mailrc/... ) means or how it originated? I mean, is it an acronym? If yes, what does it stand for?
Try to read following link. Detailed discription of your query.
http://www.hk8.org/old_web/linux/run/ch05_03.htm
Cheers rajeev
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, goldwyn rodrigues wrote:
Does anyone know what RC (in bashrc/mailrc/... ) means or how it originated? I mean, is it an acronym? If yes, what does it stand for?
'rc' stands for 'run control' and is a a convention adopted from older Unix systems.
For more info see this: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch10s03.html
goldwyn rodrigues writes:
Does anyone know what RC (in bashrc/mailrc/... ) means or how it originated? I mean, is it an acronym? If yes, what does it stand for?
rc = run command when it is a suffix as in .bashrc .tcshrc rc.<xxxxxxx> = runtime control as in rc.d/<script>
I vaguely remember reading this somewhere but do not remember though.
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