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From: alarky@aragorn.csee.lehigh.edu (Dr. Arthur Larky-84068)
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Subject: Re: Is this a virus? Help! (PC)
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Date: 20 Nov 90 05:36:18 GMT
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rem@cs.bu.edu wants to know if the files which show up when he does
  dir | more
are a virus?  No, they are evidence of the difference between Unix and
MSDOS.  The "|" is a "pipe" between two programs, passing the output
of one into the input of the other.  In Unix, the pipe is handled
somewhere inside the system; in MSDOS, it is handled by re-directing
the output into a temporary file and then re-directing the temporary
file into the next program.  Unfortunately, MSDOS has a tendency to
leave the temporary files lying around.  This is especially true if
you abort the more output with a ^C.  When you own a dog, you have to
be prepared to use a "pooper-scooper" occasionally!

Art Larky
alarky@scarecrow.csee.lehigh.edu
alarky@aragorn.csee.lehigh.edu
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