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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Origin and meaning of 'rc' for config files?
Message-ID: <11106@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 18 Sep 89 12:10:44 GMT
References: <1989Sep14.213204.6618@nueces.cactus.org>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1989Sep14.213204.6618@nueces.cactus.org> chari@nueces.UUCP (Christopher M. Whatley) writes:
>Well, what is the origin and meaning of 'rc' like newsrc, kermrc etc...

A special place in Hell is reserved for those who post this question!
It always starts a raft of silly guesses.

The answer is that it stands for "runcom".  It's probably explained in
"Life With UNIX".