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utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!lime!martin
Wed Apr 14 17:11:13 1982
DSW revisited

                       UNIX ETYMOLOGY

Re: "The Trouble With Unix" (Nov., p139), I may be able to shed
a little on the "amusing etymology" of the UNIX command to remove
a file whose name contains an unprintable character-"dsw".
       DSW is a Morse code abbreviation for a common salutation
used by amateur radio operators in the U.S.S.R., and by amateur
radio operators in other countries who are in communication with
those in the U.S.S.R. It stands for "Do Swedanya," the russian
equivalent of "goodbye."

                                       JOSEPH W. LARSON.
                                       Senior Systems Programmer.
                                       Sentry Insurance,
                                       Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Datamation, Jan 1982. Page 23.

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