Different uses of the 5th field of the passwd file.
Richard Tobin
richard at aiai.ed.ac.uk
Tue Nov 13 02:55:23 AEST 1990
In article <27543 at mimsy.umd.edu> chris at mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
>Historical types and lazy people therefore type `gcos'; others use
>`gecos'. You get to guess whether I am being historical or lazy when
>I use `gcos'. :-)
In article <27549 at mimsy.umd.edu> he writes:
>Revisionists and lazy people therefore type `gcos'; others use
>`gecos'. You get to guess whether I am being revisionist or lazy when
>I use `gcos'. :-)
I think the combination of these two messages makes it pretty clear
why Chris uses `gcos'.
:-)
-- Richard
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