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From: terryl@tekcrl.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Confused file name in directory
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Date: Fri, 27-Feb-87 16:04:44 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 27 16:04:44 1987
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In article <1667@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Yes, *THAT* Matt Crawford) writes:
+In article <5587@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
+) In article <105@aob.UUCP> someone finds a directory entry with an
+) embedded NUL, and has nothing handy to fix it.
+) 
+) There is still another way, easier yet but more dangerous and
+) thrilling.  You cannot edit a directory, but you can edit a file.
+) And the only difference between the two is one byte.   ...
+
+Hoowie!  Is that complicated.  Sounds fun though.  I just
+unmount the partition, get out a calculator, and adb the raw
+disk.

     Any wizard worth his paycheck would take it one step further: adb the
block partition(don't have to unmount it first) and then use adb to modify
the ACTUAL directory block where the entry with the embedded NULL in it.
It's doable (I've done it on a V7 file system; I don't know if I'd want to
try it on a 4.2 file system). You wanna talk about complicated????