¿Es un acrónimo de 'etcétera'? ¿qué significado tiene? En slashdot se ha abierto un debate para averiguar el significado y la utilidad de /etc, y que tipo de archivos se instalan allí. Muchos de nosotros vemos en /etc un sitio donde ubicar los ficheros de configuración de programas. ¿Y tú que opinas? (Vía: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-does-etc-stands-for-in-linuxunix.html)
Keep in mind that pathname.com is only a decade old, and the FHS even newer. /etc and /usr were in use a LONG time before that, and what FHS do are making recommendations for today, not an accurate representation on what went on before they were around.
Yes, "editable text configuration" is a backronym. /etc is et cetera. All the system directories were kept to three letters, and all of the names are abbreviations – none are acronyms.
/bin = binary
/lib = library
/var = variable
/usr = user
/tmp = temporary
/etc = et cetera
/adm = administrative (now found in /var/adm)
/log = logs (now found in /var/log)
Later additions followed the same pattern:
/net = network
/mnt = mount
In no circumstances were any of these acronyms, and making this up after the fact doesn't make it so. The general acronym fad, or I should say initialization fad, didn't appear until the 80's, and by then, the names were well established.
And, as another user pointed out "editable text configurations" is a stupid name too, because if it's text, it's evidently editable. So why not just "text configurations" then? Also, in early Unix, everything was editable (remember, in Unix, everything is a file), so that's superfluous too. And, lastly, it was the repository for a lot of things that weren't configurations, including binaries.
Again, this is a backronym, and not even a clever one.
Keep in mind that pathname.com is only a decade old, and the FHS even newer. /etc and /usr were in use a LONG time before that, and what FHS do are making recommendations for today, not an accurate representation on what went on before they were around.
Yes, "editable text configuration" is a backronym. /etc is et cetera. All the system directories were kept to three letters, and all of the names are abbreviations – none are acronyms.
/bin = binary
/lib = library
/var = variable
/usr = user
/tmp = temporary
/etc = et cetera
/adm = administrative (now found in /var/adm)
/log = logs (now found in /var/log)
Later additions followed the same pattern:
/net = network
/mnt = mount
In no circumstances were any of these acronyms, and making this up after the fact doesn't make it so. The general acronym fad, or I should say initialization fad, didn't appear until the 80's, and by then, the names were well established.
And, as another user pointed out "editable text configurations" is a stupid name too, because if it's text, it's evidently editable. So why not just "text configurations" then? Also, in early Unix, everything was editable (remember, in Unix, everything is a file), so that's superfluous too. And, lastly, it was the repository for a lot of things that weren't configurations, including binaries.
Again, this is a backronym, and not even a clever one.
/etc es aquella zona donde toqueteamos todo y que cuando falla nunca nos acordamos que hemos tocado. Todavía recuerdo el día que borré el /etc/sysconfig de una fedora por error... que lio
Comentarios
Enter The Configuration!
Me quedo con la siguiente respuesta:
Keep in mind that pathname.com is only a decade old, and the FHS even newer. /etc and /usr were in use a LONG time before that, and what FHS do are making recommendations for today, not an accurate representation on what went on before they were around.
Yes, "editable text configuration" is a backronym. /etc is et cetera. All the system directories were kept to three letters, and all of the names are abbreviations – none are acronyms.
/bin = binary
/lib = library
/var = variable
/usr = user
/tmp = temporary
/etc = et cetera
/adm = administrative (now found in /var/adm)
/log = logs (now found in /var/log)
Later additions followed the same pattern:
/net = network
/mnt = mount
In no circumstances were any of these acronyms, and making this up after the fact doesn't make it so. The general acronym fad, or I should say initialization fad, didn't appear until the 80's, and by then, the names were well established.
And, as another user pointed out "editable text configurations" is a stupid name too, because if it's text, it's evidently editable. So why not just "text configurations" then? Also, in early Unix, everything was editable (remember, in Unix, everything is a file), so that's superfluous too. And, lastly, it was the repository for a lot of things that weren't configurations, including binaries.
Again, this is a backronym, and not even a clever one.
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HOYGAN! YO SOLO KIERO KRAKEAR EL MESENJER DE MI NOVIA, PA KE ACE FALTA SAVER TODO ESO?;)
/etc = Expande Tu Configuración
/etc en GNU/Linux, AIX, xBSD, Solaris,... Cualquier UNIX usa /etc para ficheros de configuración.
Para que sea compatible GNU tiene que ser un acrónimo recursivo: ETC = "Etc Tool Configuration". O también "Etc Tiene Cacharradas".
El nombre tiene origen sentimental, fruto de una carta de amor al programador de turno.
E ternamente
T uya
C ristina.
PD: No llegues tarde a cenar, cariño.
¿Engine Taliban Censor? .... la barra no se que es
Eat The Children.
Enjoy The Computer
#2 gracias, corregido
por lo visto la mayoría son abreviaturas, no acrónimos, me ha parecido interesante la discusión, siempre se puede aprender mucho
#12 Te perdiste cuando el mismo autor dijo: «Sorry, I'm an early morning drunk. I meant "Essential Text Configurations"» ^^
En homenaje al tiempo que pasamos en ellos, sustituyamos /var por /bar.
Mi voto sobre el significado de ETC:
Enter
The
Config.
#23 Optional
ya que estamos, qué significa la carpeta /opt? Algunos programas como el Opera (que yo recuerde) se me instalaban ahí...
#12 Para mi ha sido el más claro también, veremos si alguien aporta alguno mejor
#4 La barra es allí donde va el Engine Taliban Censor.
/etc es aquella zona donde toqueteamos todo y que cuando falla nunca nos acordamos que hemos tocado. Todavía recuerdo el día que borré el /etc/sysconfig de una fedora por error... que lio
No! Three Letter Acronym!
Pues yo siempre he pensado que significaba "et cetera" y jamás me he planteado ninguna otra opcion para ese nombre...
#23 Yo nunca he entendido para que sirve /opt, no le encuentro la diferencia con el gran /usr
Adjunto mi caso:
$ ls -l /opt
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 2007-02-28 01:12 bin
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 192 2006-10-20 05:33 e17
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 216 2007-02-27 00:08 gnome
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2006-12-29 03:37 java
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 240 2007-02-26 16:58 kde
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 96 2007-02-24 20:36 mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 352 2006-09-27 14:12 openoffice
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 192 2007-02-26 19:14 qt
/etc
en ti confiamos
LA verdad es que no sé para qué tanto revuelo, si esto viene simepre en cualquier manual de introducción a linux....
Explica la rama de directorios y su utilidad.
Curioso "debate"
Hey, it's another TLA!
Significa "Esta usTed Cacharreando"
Esta es Todo una Chapuza