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From: richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Different uses of the 5th field of the passwd file.
Keywords: GCOS
Message-ID: <3736@skye.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 12 Nov 90 15:55:23 GMT
References: <723@dynasys.UUCP> <1990Nov6.045108.20266@riacs.edu> <1990Nov8.060424.1828@blackbox.lonestar.org> <27543@mimsy.umd.edu>
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In article <27543@mimsy.umd.edu> chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
>Historical types and lazy people therefore type `gcos'; others use
>`gecos'.  You get to guess whether I am being historical or lazy when
>I use `gcos'. :-)

In article <27549@mimsy.umd.edu> he writes:
>Revisionists and lazy people therefore type `gcos'; others use
>`gecos'.  You get to guess whether I am being revisionist or lazy when
>I use `gcos'. :-)

I think the combination of these two messages makes it pretty clear
why Chris uses `gcos'.

:-)

-- Richard
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