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From: gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA (VLD/VMB)
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Subject: Re:  What does \"rc\" stand for?
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Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 11:49:44 EST
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"rc" stands for "RunCom", i.e. Command to Run a packaged job.
The name was inherited from other operating systems (probably
including GCOS), and is not terribly interesting.

This is another of these topics that generates far more mail
than it is worth (including this note, I suppose).  Please
do NOT rehash this worn-out topic yet another time!  Thanks.