/usr a misnomer? (was File System Kudzu)

rbj at icst-cmr.arpa rbj at icst-cmr.arpa
Sat Mar 14 10:59:51 AEST 1987


? > In fact, /usr is really a misnomer since most users
? > usually live on a different file system.
? 
? I belive that /usr stands for "user service routines."

I always thought it was a contraction of `user'. Anyone from TPC
care to comment? And of course /etc stands for Extremely Technical Code :-)
 
? -jonathan hahn
? NASA Ames Research Center
? hahn at ames-nas.arpa
? ...!ames!amelia!hahn

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