[GLLUG] usr

[Edward Glowacki]

On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 00:03, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Marshal Newrock <marshal at simons-rock.edu> writes:
> 
> > Now if only I could figure out why they called the directory with all the
> > config files "etc" instead of something like "conf".
> 
> Putting only configuration files in /etc seems to be a fairly
> modern trend.  Older Unix systems had random binaries and other
> cruft in /etc.

Hmm, maybe /etc stands for "Extra Trash Collection"... ;)  

I googled a bit for it, but couldn't find anything defining where /etc
came from or what it was originally meant to be. =(  So I'll go with my
own definition above! ;) 

-ED

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Edward Glowacki <glowack2 at msu.edu>