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From: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Security of NeXT systems (man pages in cat)
Message-ID: <1991Mar11.163150.7457@investor.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 11 Mar 91 16:31:50 GMT
References: <1991Feb28.143720.7839@engage.enet.dec.com> <1376@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <1991Mar1.014356.16867@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1380@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Reply-To: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305)
Organization: Cookson, Peirce & Co., Pittsburgh, PA
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>>             It is definitely a waste because on most systems the
>>vast majority of man pages are *never* examined by any user.  Those
>>pages that *are* examined get nroff'ed once when first needed and
>>are available for quick access from then on.

You can use cron to rm any that have not been accessed in some period of
time on the assumption that the query was a one-shot deal.
-- 
Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA				  412-471-5320
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