VIMRC, SCREENRC, BASHRC, KSHRC, etc. What does the "RC" mean?
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00:00 Vimrc, Screenrc, Bashrc, Kshrc, Etc. What Does The &Quot;Rc&Quot; Mean?
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00:23 Answer 2 Score 32
00:44 Accepted Answer Score 64
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00:00 Vimrc, Screenrc, Bashrc, Kshrc, Etc. What Does The &Quot;Rc&Quot; Mean?
00:15 Answer 1 Score 13
00:23 Answer 2 Score 32
00:44 Accepted Answer Score 64
01:03 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 64
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.'
ANSWER 2
Score 32
It stands for Run Commands
And as the name already says it can contain a listing of commands to run. For example in a xinitrc file You can list commands to run when initializing X. so you can make a Xterm window popup, or load GDM/Gnome.
ANSWER 3
Score 13
It stands for Run Commands.