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For those who don't know who Peter Salus is: amazon.com/Quarter-Century-UNIX-Peter-Salus/dp/0201547775

Warren Young
– Warren Young

2011-01-12 17:02:22 +00:00
Commented Jan 12, 2011 at 17:02
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Thanks for history. Please, check the web link of "proof". Thanks.

Cloud Cho
– Cloud Cho

2022-08-29 23:11:48 +00:00
Commented Aug 29, 2022 at 23:11
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@CloudCho Yeah, it's been dead for a while, which is why I later quoted the text in my answer.

bahamat
– bahamat

2022-08-31 00:20:31 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2022 at 0:20
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Indeed, and for further evidence you can go all the way back to the Research Unix V1 assembly source from 1972. It explicitly refers to /etc and the 'etcetra' directory (sic).

alexh
– alexh

2023-09-25 16:41:07 +00:00
Commented Sep 25, 2023 at 16:41

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