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From: rbj@icst-cmr.arpa
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Subject: Re:  /usr a misnomer?  (was File System Kudzu)
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Date: Fri, 13-Mar-87 19:59:51 EST
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? > In fact, /usr is really a misnomer since most users
? > usually live on a different file system.
? 
? I belive that /usr stands for "user service routines."

I always thought it was a contraction of `user'. Anyone from TPC
care to comment? And of course /etc stands for Extremely Technical Code :-)
 
? -jonathan hahn
? NASA Ames Research Center
? hahn@ames-nas.arpa
? ...!ames!amelia!hahn

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