What does rc mean?

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Hi all,

In the FreeBSD handbook in the rc.conf related section, there is a sentence that is "It provides the configuration information for the rc* files". I know the rc.conf file holds the system start-up things. But I want to know what "rc" means and what rc* files are. I think knowing this will help to realize the deeper meaning. Thank you.

Sorry that my English is not good. Even the language correction will be appreciated.
 
Hmm. I'd always heard it was Resource Configuration. At this point, it probably does not matter any more.

rc* just means files with names starting with "rc".
 
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