From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ralph@inputplus.co.uk (Ralph Corderoy) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:05:09 +0000 Subject: [TUHS] pre-UNIX legacy in UNIX? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20171219190509.794961F96E@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Hi Grant, > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field > > Was the GECOS field meant to be consumed by a computer or human? Computer for its original purpose. And computer again when things like finger(1) would take it apart. As well as reading the above page, there's http://catb.org/jargon/html/G/GECOS.html -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy