Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!sun!amdahl!muth From: muth@amdahl.UUCP (John A. Muth) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Computer Science Bloopers Message-ID: <2020@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Sep-85 13:41:00 EDT Article-I.D.: amdahl.2020 Posted: Fri Sep 13 13:41:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Sep-85 04:56:31 EDT References: <1989@amdahl.UUCP> <1311@pyuxa.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 28 <> In <1311@pyuxa.UUCP>, ajf@pyuxa.UUCP (A Figura) writes: > John A. Muth writes >> There was a novice UNIX user that had a directory that looked like: >> >> file_to_edit.c other_stuff.c... > >> ... file that had appeared in his directory. So he typed in: > >> % rm *.c > > Perchance, did this "novice UNIX user" have the initials J.A.M. > > (Like the old advice-column letters I have this friend...) Sorry, it wasn't me. My early UNIX mistakes were far dumber and more embarrassing than that. If you are ever on the West Coast and buy me I few beers, maybe I'll tell them to you. Until then, my lips are sealed. Then there was the case of the slightly more experienced UNIX programmer who managed to format the root disk of a running system. No, that wasn't me either. -- John A. Muth ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun,nsc}!amdahl!muth Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com