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[ILUG] History of /etc ?

[ILUG] History of /etc ?

kevin lyda kevin+dated+1086436527.a6568b at ie.suberic.net
Mon May 31 12:55:19 IST 2004


On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 12:47:55PM +0100, Niall O Broin wrote:
> Or dear God - I feel a long thread coming on. I guess it got its name
> because the files in there were an etc. bunch i.e. assorted bits of this
> and that. Yes, with hindsight, /conf may have been a better name - feel
> free to use a symlink :-)

it wasn't just conf files in there initially - though it's grown into
that.  i used to have /etc in my path of ifconfig and sendmail.

kevin

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kevin at ie.suberic.net  ~  nov 2, 04: http://www.tellanamericantovote.com/
only 1 state has less ~  according to the bush campaign, john kerry is the
unemployed then it    ~  most liberal member of the senate.  they also say
did in 3/01: alaska.  ~  he flip-flops on every issue.  can both be true?
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