On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:48:23PM -0500, N. Thomas wrote: > * hiranokazunari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-14 11:44:42 +0900]: > > > > But I am wondering why the host-specific configuration partition > > > > is called /etc? > > > > > > [...] It really was the "stuff that doesn't go > > > anywhere else" directory, hence the name /etc. At least I assume that's > > > how the name was devised. > > > > I should have learnt from the history. Now I can read /etc as etcetera > > from the bottom of my heart. > > Note that etc directory in Unix is pronounced "ett-see", it rhymes with > the proper name Betsy. It probably can't hurt to think of it like that > either.
Hehee... when I was 4 my brain used to swap the last 2 letters around, and I STILL think it's pronounced "ekt" even though I can spell it properly these days. > thomas > > -- > N. Thomas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo "I'll believe in myself even if it kills me" - have I got that right? Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
