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Answer by JRobert for VIMRC, SCREENRC, BASHRC, KSHRC, etc. What does the "RC"...

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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Answer by S.Hoekstra for VIMRC, SCREENRC, BASHRC, KSHRC, etc. What does the...

It stands for Run CommandsAnd as the name already says it can contain a listing of commands to run.For example in a xinitrc fileYou can list commands to run when initializing X. so you can make a Xterm...

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Answer by ta.speot.is for VIMRC, SCREENRC, BASHRC, KSHRC, etc. What does the...

It stands for Run Commands.

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VIMRC, SCREENRC, BASHRC, KSHRC, etc. What does the "RC" mean?

In these and other applications what does the "RC" stand for?

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