Post #3794616
2026-07-13 22:21 UTC
@mos_8502@studio8502.ca While you are at it, please remind people that usr does not stand for “user” although it is pronounced “user” and used to stand for “user”.
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@landley@mstdn.jp 2026-07-13 22:40
@chpietsch@fedifreu.de @mos_8502@studio8502.ca Dennis Ritche's website had firsthand material on that. Years ago I posted something to the busybox list about that which went viral, and when a magazine asked me to turn it into an article I added citations. https://landley.net/writing/unixpaths.pdf