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From: steinbac@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Guenter Steinbach)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: What does rc stand for?
Message-ID: <63720028@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com>
Date: 22 Feb 91 04:45:49 GMT
References: <1991Feb20.151226.3076@monsanto.com>
Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
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"rc" stands for "run control", I think.  A number of unix programs use
"...rc" files for initialization.

	 Guenter Steinbach		gunter_steinbach@hplabs.hp.com