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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: nonsense names
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Date: Sat, 25-May-85 18:36:33 EDT
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> Ths does point out an annoying feature of UN*X -- the lack of an anonymous
> current file, which forces the invention of a lot of names for intermediate
> files.  Pipes help, but sometimes you need to see intermediate stages before
> they disappear.

1) If you have a need for more than one current file, how do you keep them
straight when they're anonymous?

2) If you need to see the intermediate stages, how are you going to do that
if the file is anonymous?

I've never really felt the need for anonymous files in UNIX.

	Guy Harris