Achico.184 net.news utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!ihnss!vax135!harpo!chico!trb Thu Nov 5 12:44:05 1981 what biff REALLY stands for ucbvax!hickman asks: Speaking of naming, can anyone out there (not from berkeley) tell the world what biff REALLY stands for.... kipp >From 4bsd UNIX Programmer's Manual*: biff - Be notified IF mail arrives and who is it From ^ ^^ ^ This reply might be in violation of the copyright notice as written, but my reproduction is so innocuous that I would think that it's no problem. But if you ask me, Biff would probably REALLY stand for bloodies at the yacht club, 'til he fell over. (I hope you Dukies are amused...) ----- *Copyright 1979, 1980 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated. Holders of a UNIX(TM)/32V software license are permitted to copy this document, or any portion of it, as necesary for licensed use of this software, provided this copyright notice and statement of permission are included. ----- I trust you have a 32V license... ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.