[TUHS] UUCP "bag" files

[Grant Taylor]

On 05/10/2018 06:24 PM, John P. Linderman wrote:
> So calling them "uucp bag files" is akin to calling something an "ed 
> editor file" because the ed editor was able to update them?

I frequently hear of something referred to as "a (Microsoft) Word 
{document,file}".

They are a bag of mail / news / remote commands / file transfers that 
are used by UUCP.

I'm not saying it's correct or not.  I'm just saying it's what I 
frequently hear them referred to as.

I was hoping that someone has some sort of authoritative information as 
to why they were called "bag".



-- 
Grant. . . .
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