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What does rc mean as a file name?
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| The ‘rc’ suffix goes back to Unix's grandparent, CTSS. | |
| It had a command-script feature called "runcom". Early | |
| Unixes used ‘rc’ for the name of the operating system's | |
| boot script, as a tribute to CTSS runcom. | |
| "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11030552/what-does-rc-mean-in-dot-files" |
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