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Created November 11, 2015 07:57
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    The ‘rc’ suffix goes back to Unix's grandparent, CTSS.
    It had a command-script feature called "runcom". Early
    Unixes used ‘rc’ for the name of the operating system's
    boot script, as a tribute to CTSS runcom.

    "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11030552/what-does-rc-mean-in-dot-files"