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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
rc 1. extension} common to many {Unix} configuration files, e.g. {.newsrc}, {.cshrc}, {.twmrc}, elmrc, etc. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in {CTSS} called "{runcom}" (for "run commands"). {Unix FAQ (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/unix-faq/faq/top.html)}. 2. A {shell} from {AT&T}'s {Plan 9}, by Tom Duff. rc offers much the same capabilities as a traditional {Bourne shell}, but with a much cleaner {syntax}. An open source reimplementation was made by Byron Rakitzis, and is now maintained by Tim Goodwin Latest version: 1.6, as of 2000-06-15. {Home (http://www.star.le.ac.uk/~tjg/rc)}. (2000-06-17) |