What does RC stand for?

elasticdog · 2005-06-16 00:27:13

I see this all over the place, and am absolutely sure it's a stupid question, but what does the RC stand for that is used so much in Linux configuration files?

Remote Control?
Revised Code?
Resource Consumption?
Registered Counselor?
Red Cross?
Roman Catholic?
Retrosplenial Cortex?

Dusty · 2005-06-16 00:30:54

Usually, Release Candidate.

Dusty

Dusty · 2005-06-16 00:31:06

(I think!!!!!)

phrakture · 2005-06-16 00:38:43

i think he means in configuration - not versioning...
rc.conf
rc.d
vimrc
muttrc
screenrc

Dusty · 2005-06-16 00:47:44

oooooooooh

so why didn't you tell him the answer, phrakture?:

Runtime Configuration.

(I think)

phrakture · 2005-06-16 00:49:22

Dusty wrote:

oooooooooh
so why didn't you tell him the answer, phrakture?:
Runtime Configuration.
(I think)

i had no clue... runtime configuration sounds promising

ozar · 2005-06-16 01:03:14

It's my understanding that "rc" stands for run command, but I might be wrong.

Edit: guess I should add that I'm thinking of the files that end with rc such as vimrc.

TheRaginAsian · 2005-06-16 01:51:05

Ill go with "really confused" about what it really stands for lol

Cerebral · 2005-06-16 02:00:13

Runtime Config... that sounds about right... although "rc.conf" means Runtime Configuration Configuration... which is kinda... wierd.

iBertus · 2005-06-16 02:05:34

you see that rc filename thing in windows sometimes too. not sure what it's supposed to mean (and it could be different).

Dusty · 2005-06-16 02:25:19

my first contact with it was step.rc in litestep and I think it was runtime configuration then...

dust · 2005-06-16 04:04:09

I've heard that its resource configuration.

elasticdog · 2005-06-16 04:15:26

LOL...not such a dumb question after all

I've asked my fellow Linux geeks at work, and tried the omnipotent Google, but to no avail...

What about "Run Commands"? I think it goes back to the days of Unix, but I can't find any information that seems official.

elasticdog · 2005-06-16 04:20:05

Doh...ozar already said "Run Commands" (that's just what someone came up with at work). He remembered that from vimrc as well, and an old newsgroup program which had a newsrc file.

EDIT: Finally found a few links: Jargon File and the Online Computing Dictionary

paranoos · 2005-06-16 07:10:27

How about an acronym dictionary. There are a LOT of definitions there! Two of them were related to Unix -- Run Commands and Resource Configuration. I always thought of them as "resource files", which I suppose stemmed from resource configuration.

That site is really handy! It even had a reference to Guilty Gear, a Japanese fighting videogame series.

Moo-Crumpus · 2005-06-16 08:31:55

I would vote for redundant config. All things configured here could be configured in the proper place. A proper place is the genuine place where the developper would configure the things.

neri · 2005-06-16 11:17:49

I always refered to it as run control ... on the other hand, I#m no native speaker

-neri

Dusty · 2005-06-16 14:32:55

Pink Chick wrote:

A proper place is the genuine place where the developper would configure the things.

You mean in the sources?

Dusty

phrakture · 2005-06-16 15:07:16

hah, so even the jargon file says "this is thought to be named for..."

no one knows... I'm going to go with "random config"

Moo-Crumpus · 2005-06-16 15:14:17

Dusty wrote:

Pink Chick wrote:
A proper place is the genuine place where the developper would configure the things.
You mean in the sources?
Dusty

yep. Otherwise, it shall be named fwain.

FJ · 2005-06-17 02:25:51

Hmm, is this just coincidence? In a recent article, RC is the first one discussed. In short, Nigel McFarlane says RC stands for runcomm (run command).

Snowman · 2005-06-17 02:53:16

According to "Learning the bash shell" from O'Reilly's series, rc stands for "run commands" and has its origins in old DEC OS.

elasticdog · 2005-06-17 03:39:58

FJ wrote:

Hmm, is this just coincidence?

Just good timing I guess...been wondering about it for a few weeks now

khazdar · 2005-06-17 13:08:04

royal crown soda ?

shinobi59 · 2009-09-18 16:25:06

Actually rc stands for

runtime configuration.

the rc files configure what software (application) and services are configured to start at runtime, therefore:

runtime configuration

I admin though that rc.conf runtime configuration.conf sounds a bit strange. )

ptyl

Arch Linux

#1 2005-06-16 00:27:13

What does RC stand for?

#2 2005-06-16 00:30:54

Re: What does RC stand for?

#3 2005-06-16 00:31:06

Re: What does RC stand for?

#4 2005-06-16 00:38:43

Re: What does RC stand for?

#5 2005-06-16 00:47:44

Re: What does RC stand for?

#6 2005-06-16 00:49:22

Re: What does RC stand for?

#7 2005-06-16 01:03:14

Re: What does RC stand for?

#8 2005-06-16 01:51:05

Re: What does RC stand for?

#9 2005-06-16 02:00:13

Re: What does RC stand for?

#10 2005-06-16 02:05:34

Re: What does RC stand for?

#11 2005-06-16 02:25:19

Re: What does RC stand for?

#12 2005-06-16 04:04:09

Re: What does RC stand for?

#13 2005-06-16 04:15:26

Re: What does RC stand for?

#14 2005-06-16 04:20:05

Re: What does RC stand for?

#15 2005-06-16 07:10:27

Re: What does RC stand for?

#16 2005-06-16 08:31:55

Re: What does RC stand for?

#17 2005-06-16 11:17:49

Re: What does RC stand for?

#18 2005-06-16 14:32:55

Re: What does RC stand for?

#19 2005-06-16 15:07:16

Re: What does RC stand for?

#20 2005-06-16 15:14:17

Re: What does RC stand for?

#21 2005-06-17 02:25:51

Re: What does RC stand for?

#22 2005-06-17 02:53:16

Re: What does RC stand for?

#23 2005-06-17 03:39:58

Re: What does RC stand for?

#24 2005-06-17 13:08:04

Re: What does RC stand for?

#25 2009-09-18 16:25:06

Re: What does RC stand for?

Board footer