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From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: File remove command?
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.102732.24676@prl.dec.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 10:27:32 GMT
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In article <1991Jun17.222800.8067@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>, det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) writes:
> [...]
> Ncheck, because of its "-i inum" option would
> be better, although i don't think that ncheck is any more standard than ff.
> 

I think you'll find ncheck(8) has been around for quite a while, whereas
`ff' is a System V-ism.  I think ncheck(8) goes back as far as Version 7
with icheck(8) and dcheck(8), which pre-date fsck(8).


Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com

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