Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > 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?)...
I had heard Device Dump. But again this was also quite removed from the original author. Some things are lost in prehistory... Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
