Tudo é baseado no Unix do System Lab da Bell Labs, que estava em algum lugar quando os níveis init e run foram introduzidos.
Corresponde a runcom
ou run commands
. Na questão de qualquer coisa Unix, consulte o Arquivo Jargon . Há uma história profunda, canônica e gravada que veio antes do Linux
:rc file: /R·C fi:l/, n.
[Unix: from runcom files on the {CTSS} system 1962-63, via the startup script /etc/rc] Script file containing startup instructions for an application program (or an entire operating system), usually a text file containing commands of the sort that might have been invoked manually once the system was running but are to be executed automatically each time the system starts up. See also {dot file}, {profile} (sense 1).