From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 7170 invoked from network); 13 Jun 2023 12:11:26 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Jun 2023 12:11:26 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD1C40C5C; Tue, 13 Jun 2023 22:11:20 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-xe2c.google.com (mail-vs1-xe2c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2c]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A73D340C39 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2023 22:11:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-xe2c.google.com with SMTP id ada2fe7eead31-43dd7791396so361323137.0 for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2023 05:11:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; t=1686658268; x=1689250268; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=1TrQmCHORC85fJrlyWhVPAOtFKq5U4TBXxcbATTldmo=; b=NF3p/njRFZslmSuoftop3eyTEAceCLcxMCdXuwSxrn8jZspjlCteaA1U61jTRYvQeZ zLDxUmUHUuYo4RouwWiaLFLJ248W6ALDCYphOM6o4tL0iS9tkecqVNR7RamSLS3XuLxA E/ypAfKlTiIrSMG3QeXgwbWqDDs860ad9KXKdoE2+HNdC5BpYv9L46Rt3CseYJ4hdcMS qhQfP4/RLnEzxTd7tx/DWMg8wjCn60n8prT3k01wMn4t16Ch8A9+NgM8AaIcDLmT4IsU VrwzWaGn+vaS61zcOByGHoVE26bIaz2QsfLZepElh+x9ffk4au4MS38odLCA//Msw3Qq yoNw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1686658268; x=1689250268; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=1TrQmCHORC85fJrlyWhVPAOtFKq5U4TBXxcbATTldmo=; b=C97ImWaAvjBvfx3LsjSdqIbAdzCnI52eNAau18AmYcmWK0PemqA2e72fO7DvSuHujF S1tVU8UFCQYnjPHcXuwvP4qD7HfsKIUuk3IBuhFslYgtwmcBIsRURvKUSYHYyj0HdTgK myfGp5fIOXJN2RxQRZuEbF8s/RsDh54G2ZbGZgm9kLReO9Sp3zl2WsesjdlsxapQsVql lg2W5ow1kpFVdAlRjspZSjdmUmmSJhmLJUJmDrevWgyahKwE3sngiqdMWw8Do1CqpKFR x2L87TSqb3TUzEOC1yBFUyRz/AWwwQnmnl/SuvnQWGMKJGR2z7xln1Z+dKorhtuQp12y 4siA== X-Gm-Message-State: AC+VfDxPXYEX6wFkbTqgqe54nR+bXoqcbcQB812PLf0JbQpbMn/TaIGO E2UNtSuJ7KSvimKb/z8uAmuIFGEP1CU09FKEumQv/dU2sY6bbphLgaE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACHHUZ70JhNCzD7MHCU8vbN0PhNqEfFgx3rfwanhlX2W1TXbBk76lSW9G6uf2hpltPN1FB5cN/bX1ocmtpogUQF3LRU= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:490:b0:434:66e3:74b4 with SMTP id n16-20020a056102049000b0043466e374b4mr5457714vsa.8.1686658268259; Tue, 13 Jun 2023 05:11:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 08:10:52 -0400 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: FIMJYJTBTOIEYO65OG4FRIRX7ID62RAW X-Message-ID-Hash: FIMJYJTBTOIEYO65OG4FRIRX7ID62RAW X-MailFrom: douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: crt0 -- what's in that name? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: > Not a citation, either, but I believe the original RUNCOM came from CTSS (https://multicians.org/shell.html), Yes, the CTSS command "runcom" arranged for commands stored in a file to be run in the background. Such a file (which could contain at most six commands) became known as "a runcom". The term "script" did not emerge until Unix. I vaguely recall that Lee McMahon coined the usage, but would welcome more reliable info about its origin. Doug