* hiranokazunari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-14 11:44:42 +0900]: > > > But I am wondering why the host-specific configuration partition > > > is called /etc? > > > > [...] It really was the "stuff that doesn't go > > anywhere else" directory, hence the name /etc. At least I assume that's > > how the name was devised. > > I should have learnt from the history. Now I can read /etc as etcetera > from the bottom of my heart.
Note that etc directory in Unix is pronounced "ett-see", it rhymes with the proper name Betsy. It probably can't hurt to think of it like that either. thomas -- N. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
