Re: dd

"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:05:26 +0100 (MET)

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.fileutils.bugs
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   Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 06:12:03 -0000
   From: "Card, Cliff" <[email protected]>

   Can anyone there provide me with details of the origin of the name of
   this command please?

Some say that it comes from "copy and convert", but `cc' was taken so
it got named `dd' instead.  Other say that it comes from the JCL
command `dd' (including its wonderful command line syntax), where it
stands for "data definition".

This information is probobly inaccurate, since it comes from my memory
(jeez, I'm this old?)...

Cheers.