This just makes me giggle.
Feb. 9th, 2007 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksBased on a comment I read earlier, I decided to wiki a term that's become a 'minced oath' in the Unix world (and CS world in general): fsck. Guess what the un-minced oath is.
From Wikipedia:
The system utility fsck (for "file system check" or "file system consistency check") is a tool for checking the consistency of a file system in the Unix system and clones thereof.
Generally, fsck is run automatically at boot time when the system detects that a file system is in an inconsistent state, indicating a non-graceful shutdown, such as a crash or power loss.
When one is told "Go fsck yourself!" the meaning implied is to "go away, analyze yourself, and fix your problems", mirroring fsck's primary function.
It is unclear whether this usage was cause or effect, as it has been anecdotally reported that Dennis Richie has claimed "The second letter was originally different."
From Wikipedia:
The system utility fsck (for "file system check" or "file system consistency check") is a tool for checking the consistency of a file system in the Unix system and clones thereof.
Generally, fsck is run automatically at boot time when the system detects that a file system is in an inconsistent state, indicating a non-graceful shutdown, such as a crash or power loss.
When one is told "Go fsck yourself!" the meaning implied is to "go away, analyze yourself, and fix your problems", mirroring fsck's primary function.
It is unclear whether this usage was cause or effect, as it has been anecdotally reported that Dennis Richie has claimed "The second letter was originally different."
