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From: steve@wintermute.ucsd.edu ({Darkavich})
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Subject: Re: dir | more
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Date: 16 Mar 90 00:13:03 GMT
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In article <2165@orbit.cts.com> cheangkk@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Pitt Cheang) writes:
>When I tyied to dir the root directory of my hard disk , floppy disk with the
>more , I always got two strange file name with 0 byte, the file name contains
>mostly number with 8 characters long, no extention name.
> 
>When I check this command " dir | more " or " dir/w | more " on my firends
>computer, it appear the same thing. I am using PC-DOS 3.3 , my friend is using
>MS-DOS 3.3. Moreover, those strange file name are always change, every time
>you try you got a different name.
>
>So what is this file name do ?

This behaviour can be seen anytime you use the pipe '|' 
I do not really know why dos creates these files but it may have something
to do with file pointers or memory pointers.  


		Steve Misrack
		steve@ucsd.edu