VIMRC, SCREENRC, BASHRC, KSHRC, etc. What does the "RC" mean?
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In these and other applications what does the "RC" stand for?
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Fix for: VIMRC, SCREENRC, BASHRC, KSHRC, etc. What does the "RC" mean?
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There's a bit of interesting historical perspective about its derivation on this page: "rc" derives from "runcom", from the MIT CTSS system, ca. 1965. and that "rc" in Unix is a fossil from that usage.'
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