What does rc stand for?

[Lester Bautista]

In article <1991Feb20.151226.3076 at monsanto.com> mwblas at monsanto.com writes:
>
>	Here's a simple question (At least I hope it's simple).
>	The system startup file is /etc/rc.  What do the letters 
>	rc stand for?  Thanks.
>	
>	
>					Marc
>					

Somebody had told me that the "rc" in the dot files .cshrc and .mailrc
stand for "run command". I would guess that this also applies for
/etc/rc - my $.02 worth.

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