Those files have been part of LISTSERV since 1986.  They were originally named using the 8x8 file naming convention under VM/CMS.  There was no reason to change the names when LISTSERV was ported to the "workstation" operating systems, thus they remain with those names to this day.

Nathan

From: LISTSERV Site Administrators' Forum <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Jon Schwendemann
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2022 3:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: file validities

I have a question on some files I found in the listserv/home directory.
Peers.namesum
Permvars.file
Bitearn.nodes

Seems to me, if these are legit, they could perhaps be named better.

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