Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!ptsfa!nonvon!gilsys!mc68020 From: mc68020@gilsys.UUCP (Thomas J Keller) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS Message-ID: <1158@gilsys.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 17:20:49 EST Article-I.D.: gilsys.1158 Posted: Mon Nov 30 17:20:49 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 23:24:25 EST References: <10376@brl-adm.ARPA> <16550@topaz.rutgers.edu> <388@cogen.UUCP> <897@pembina.UUCP> Organization: Consequently Computers, Santa Rosa, Ca Lines: 13 Summary: come now...alphabetic sequencing? never! In article <897@pembina.UUCP>, steve@alberta.UUCP (Steve Sutphen) writes: > 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. NAW! 'dd' OBVIOUSLY stands for 'diddle data', which can be used synonymously with 'convert and copy', as anyone can clearly see! -- Tom Keller VOICE : + 1 707 575 9493 UUCP : {ihnp4,ames,sun,amdahl,lll-crg,pyramid}!ptsfa!gilsys!mc68020