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Define - /etc?

Posted by Cliff on from the place-where-config-files-go dept.

ogar572 asks: "There has been an ongoing and heated debate around the office concerning the definition of what /etc means on *nix operating systems. One side says "et cetera" per Wikipedia. Another side says it means 'extended tool chest' per this gnome mailing list entry or per this Norwegian article. Yet another side says neither, but he doesn't remember exactly what he heard in the past. All he remembers is that he was flamed when he called it 'et cetera', but that 'extended tool chest' didn't sound right either. So, what does it really mean?"

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    etc is et cetera you dumb ass.

    1. Re:first post by BladeMelbourne · · Score: -1, Troll

      It is "etc." dumb ass.

      I know your caps lock key is broken, but your mother said that your full stop key is working (when I was tapping it).

    2. Re:first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      And that would explain why there is a '.' in the filesystem? oops, there isn't, you fuck-tard. Perhaps the AC was referring to 'etc' as in the directory name.

  2. Bullshit! by gweihir · · Score: -1, Troll

    Today, it means /etc and that is it. If you have trouble with that, then you are not qualified to deal with an unix-like directroy hierachy. Please leave and play with a shiny toy, such as I hear they make in Redmond.

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  3. Re:Useless question by Gothmolly · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can I mod you 'pedantic moron' for running to the latest iteration of an evolving standard as proof of anything?

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  4. eat the cock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It means
    eat the cock