Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!alberta!steve From: steve@alberta.UUCP (Steve Sutphen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS Message-ID: <897@pembina.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Nov-87 23:56:28 EST Article-I.D.: pembina.897 Posted: Fri Nov 27 23:56:28 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Nov-87 01:36:05 EST References: <10376@brl-adm.ARPA> <16550@topaz.rutgers.edu> <388@cogen.UUCP> <6706@brl-smoke.ARPA> <7996@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Reply-To: steve@pembina.UUCP (Steve Sutphen) Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Lines: 5 One command (that first appeared in Version 5 in 5/15/74) that isn't immediately obvious in its entymology is `dd'. My guess is that the author really wanted to call it `cc' (for Convert and Copy -- the title on the `man' page) but that letter pair was already used. steve sutphen.