Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 06:12:03 -0000 From: "Card, Cliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Can anyone there provide me with details of the origin of the name of this command please? Some say that it comes from "copy and convert", but `cc' was taken so it got named `dd' instead. Other say that it comes from the JCL command `dd' (including its wonderful command line syntax), where it stands for "data definition". This information is probobly inaccurate, since it comes from my memory (jeez, I'm this old?)... Cheers. _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
