:GFR: /G-F-R/ vt. [ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and LISP
Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure, especially
one designed to reclaim mass storage space or reduce name-space
clutter (the original GFR actually moved files to tape). Often
generalized to pieces of data below file level. "I used to have
his phone number, but I guess I {GFR}ed it." See also
{prowler}, {reaper}. Compare {GC}, which discards only
provably worthless stuff.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure, especially
one designed to reclaim mass storage space or reduce name-space
clutter (the original GFR actually moved files to tape). Often
generalized to pieces of data below file level. "I used to have
his phone number, but I guess I {GFR}ed it." See also
{prowler}, {reaper}. Compare {GC}, which discards only
provably worthless stuff.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- GFR /G-F-R/ vt.
[ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and
LISP Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure,
especially one designed to reclaim mass storage... - reaper: n. A {prowler} that {GFR}s files. A file removed in
this way is said to have been `reaped'.
The AI Hackers... - prowler: [UNIX] n. A {daemon} that is run periodically (typically
once a week) to seek out and erase {core} files,
truncate administrative logfiles, nuke `lost+found'... - GC: /G-C/ [from LISP terminology; `Garbage Collect']
1.
vt. To clean up and throw away useless things. "I... - prowler n.
[Unix] A daemon that is run
periodically (typically once a week) to seek out and erase
core files,
truncate administrative logfiles, nuke lost+found... - GC /G-C/
[from LISP terminology; `Garbage Collect']
1.
vt. To clean up and throw away useless things. "I... - diff: /dif/ n. 1. A change listing, especially giving
differences between (and additions to) source code or documents
(the term is often used in the plural `diffs').
"Send me your diffs for the Jargon File!" Compare... - cat: [from `catenate' via {{UNIX}} `cat(1)'] vt.
1.
[techspeak] To spew an entire file to the screen or... - DWIM /dwim/
[acronym, `Do What I Mean'] 1. adj. Able
to guess,
sometimes even correctly, the result intended when...
From the same category:
- So many men and so
little time... - Meaning of life:
<deleted for lack of... - Bagdikian's Observation:
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper
is like trying to play Bach's "St.
Matthew Passion" on a ukelele... - Buick:
Built Under Inspection of Cooky... - Bill Clinton's tax-and-spend policies will create a recession in America.
Vice President Dan Quayle in New Jersey, 10/19/92....
