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From: wrwalke@prcrs.UUCP (William Walker)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!
Summary: IT"S A GAG!!!
Keywords: sbetrel
Message-ID: <1335@prcrs.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 90 18:44:24 GMT
References: <1990Dec04.034205.4167@veritas.uucp> <4711@cup.portal.com>
Organization: PRC Realty Systems, McLean, VA
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In article <4711@cup.portal.com>, jj@cup.portal.com (James Joyce) writes:

== Jim Joyce, as in Jim Joyce's bookstore...

> From: jj@cup.portal.com (James Joyce @ Portal Public Excess Unix)

== Excess instead of access

> 	Sir,
> 
> 	I am new to unix so please bare with me if i do anything wrong but i
> 	keep getting Quit (core dumped) when i start cat without a filename and
> 	i type control reverse virgule just like the tutorial said and then the
> 	shell also makes a file called `core.` What do i do with it????

Sounds like BIFF to me.

>      Please send your answer to mnetor!becker!panchax!richard because that is
>      the address of my uncle whose ranch i am gonna stay at for xmas holidays
> 	and he lets me use his amiga 2000 computer while he is out hunting for
> 	mooses. I have included the file `core` so you can see what i mean.
> 	Thank you.
> 
> 	J. Joyce
> 
== (core file deleted)

any doubt that it was our friend BIFF??  or just a shameful imposter?

bill.