Answer by ishandutta2007 for What does etc stand for?
It was originally meant to be "et cetera" but now it stands for "editable text configurations".
View ArticleAnswer by Vinzetron for What does etc stand for?
I study electronics and I have a course about the RaspberryPi. Our notes say that /etc stands for "Editable Text Configuration". I always assumed that "the et cetera directory" was nothing more than a...
View ArticleAnswer by Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' for What does etc stand for?
Originally, there was /bin for programs (essentially, executable binaries), and very soon /dev for device files and /lib for extra executable code loaded by programs (libraries). /usr also came in very...
View ArticleAnswer by jordanm for What does etc stand for?
Wikipedia's Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Article offers an explanation on this. Host-specific system-wide configuration files There has been controversy over the meaning of the name itself. In early...
View ArticleAnswer by Patkos Csaba for What does etc stand for?
At the beginning of UNIX it was both necessary and practical to give short names to stuff. So, all system directories were kept to 3 letters and they are abbreviations. These names are still present on...
View ArticleAnswer by bahamat for What does etc stand for?
It means "et cetera". In Latin literally "and the rest". And I have proof. Edit: In an archived post dated March 4, 2007, Peter H. Salus quotes an email he "just received" from Dennis Richie,...
View ArticleAnswer by ephemient for What does etc stand for?
Define - /etc? has some good history. You can find references to "et cetera" in old Bell Labs UNIX manuals and so on – nowadays it's used only for system configuration, but it used to be where all the...
View ArticleAnswer by Henno Brandsma for What does etc stand for?
I always assumed it was to suggest a miscellaneous directory, like "etc = all the rest we do not bother to categorize further"; I personally use such a folder too on my home directory as well (not...
View ArticleAnswer by sova for What does etc stand for?
I thought it just meant "et cetera" as in "etc..." on a list. This product helps household pets like dogs, cats, etc...
View ArticleWhat does etc stand for?
What does the "etc" folder in the root directory stand for? I think knowing this will help me remember where certain files are located. Update: Might be useful for others, the folder is used for "Host...
View Article
