On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 01:42:08PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote:
> What does 'rc' mean in:
>
> bashrc
> vimrc
> etc.
>
> rc.local
> rc2.d
> etc.
$ dict rc
7 definitions found
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (12 Sep 2002) [foldoc]:
rc
1. <filename extension> (run commands) The {filename
extension} common to many {Unix} configuration files, e.g.
{.newsrc}, {.cshrc}, {.twmrc}, elmrc, etc.
The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in
{CTSS} called "{runcom}" (for "run commands").
{Unix FAQ
(http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/unix-faq/faq/top.html)}.
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