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From: sr@u1100a.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Error messages
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Date: Fri, 4-Nov-83 11:18:33 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  4 11:18:33 1983
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Our UNIX Ver 7 help is fun. Try these on for explanations of error messages:

$ help he2

he2:
"argument too long"
Dost thou jest? Wilst thou mock HELP??
Please limit your blitherings in arguments to less than
fifty (50) characters.

another fun one is help cm7 which concludes:
"It's a little late to be
telling you that you messed up the last time you made a delta, but this is
the best we can do for now, and it's better than nothing."

"This isn't an error, only a warning."

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Kind of makes you long for the days before systems were "user-friendly".
Is this stuff in Berkeley UNIX and System V ( please don't post responses,
This question is rhetorical)???

Steve Radtke
u1100a!sr