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From: xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: 3000 crash
Message-ID: <1990Nov8.140714.8635@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>
Date: 8 Nov 90 14:07:14 GMT
References: <1990Nov6.130447.31833@wpi.WPI.EDU> <178.2737bdc8@intersil.uucp>
Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix
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hamilton@intersil.uucp writes:
> jdutka@wpi.WPI.EDU (John Dutka) writes:
>> Here's an easy way I crash my 3000/25 with a typing error:
>> (it works on my setup every time, with only AddTools running
>> in the background):
>> delete #>?
>> (I was trying to delete all the files in a directory...)
>> I'm curious - any reason why this should crash my 2.01 3000?
>
>Add 2.02 to the list.  What a simple way to generate an instant, total crash! 

To add another data point, it does _not_ cause a crash under 1.3.0WB/1.2KS;
in fact, in a current directory containing files:

	longfilename1
	longfilename2

it returns with no action, while if the directory contains files

	longfilename1
	longfilename2
	a
	>a

it does exactly what it should, and deletes the latter two.

                                                           /// It's Amiga
                                                          /// for me:  why
Kent, the man from xanth.                             \\\///   settle for
<xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us>   \XX/  anything less?
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