On Wednesday 25 September 2002 13:23, Paul Kraus wrote: > What does foo stand for. It is used everywhere. I understand its just a > placeholder for the file name or what ever is pertinent to the context > it is used but I would still like to know what it means.
I did read somewhere one that it was NIX terminoligy back when Unix was very young, FOOBAR , it got turned into /foo/bar as an "example" nothing more AFAIK. foo@bar is also seen sometimes, cant quite remember where tho. > Paul Kraus > Network Administrator > PEL Supply Company > 216.267.5775 Voice > 216-267-6176 Fax > www.pelsupply.com -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
