Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:20:53 -0800 From: "Joshua Lokken" <jolok@myrealbox.com> To: "Thomas Connolly" <tpconnolly@frii.com>, "'Peter'" <Peter1994@home.nl>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd Message-ID: <OAEGJMOGEKPEGCNHFDFFEEBICDAA.jolok@myrealbox.com> In-Reply-To: <000901c2d1f7$48df5b80$5608a8c0@ceesi.com>
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Do you know where the abbreviations came from, ie. what does 'etc' stand [stood] for? Joshua > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Thomas Connolly > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:59 AM > To: 'Peter'; freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Unix Freebsd > > > Here is the rundown on Unix filesystems. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/dirs > tructure.html > > etc - usually pronounced et - see = System configuration and scripts > > Hope this helps. > > Thomas P. Connolly > Senior Development Engineer > Colorado Engineering Experiment Station Inc. > Phone: (970) 897-2711 > Fax: (970) 897-2710 > Email: tconnolly@ceesi.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Peter > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:51 AM > To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: Unix Freebsd > > Hello people, > > Maybe a stupid question but iam working lately on a unixbased > system.. and > i am learning the skills... > At mine work we have a discussion about the names of the > folders especially > one folder; ETC.. lot of books [internetfiles] comment this one as > ETCetera... > Is this true? > We think not, because in it are configuration files.. like > *.conf Is the C > a part of Configuration? > > And are the next ones true? BIN=Binairy USR=Unix Sytem Resources?? > > Sorry for the bad englisch, but mine native language is dutch... :) > > Waiting for your answer.. Greetz from the netherlands! > > -- > Peter > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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