Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!clyde!burl!codas!ufcsv!beach.cis.ufl.edu!esj From: esj@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Eric S. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: RE: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS Message-ID: <9392@ufcsv.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: Sun, 29-Nov-87 16:18:59 EST Article-I.D.: ufcsv.9392 Posted: Sun Nov 29 16:18:59 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Dec-87 23:00:18 EST References: <10376@brl-adm.ARPA> <10650012@hpisod2.HP.COM> Sender: news@ufcsv.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: esj@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Eric S. Johnson) Organization: UF CIS Department Lines: 15 > 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. I heard it was a bit of a joke, named after those JCL statements that IBMers have to deal with. -- In Real Life: UUCP: ...ihnp4!codas!ufcsv!beach.cis.ufl.edu!esj Eric S. Johnson II Internet: esj@beach.cis.ufl.edu University of Florida esj@ufl.edu