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From: campbell@maynard.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.config
Subject: Re: UUCP map for u.usa.ma.?
Message-ID: <915@maynard.BSW.COM>
Date: Thu, 7-May-87 19:28:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: maynard.915
Posted: Thu May  7 19:28:34 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 8-May-87 06:44:50 EDT
References: <3581@cbosgd.ATT.COM>
Sender: news@think.UUCP
Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc.
Lines: 19
Summary: annoying map glitch may cause Massachusetts maps to be deleted
Xref: linus news.sysadmin:179 news.config:153

In article <3581@cbosgd.ATT.COM> postmap@cbosgd.ATT.COM writes:
>: run sh on this file to unbundle
>echo x - u.usa.ma.?
>cat >u.usa.ma.? <<'!Funky!Stuff!'
>!Funky!Stuff!
>: End of shell archive

This map posting is not very useful, as the result is:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 news     35937 Apr 29 08:41 /usr/lib/uucp/map/u.usa.ma.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 news     26186 Apr 29 08:42 /usr/lib/uucp/map/u.usa.ma.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 news         0 May  7 09:43 /usr/lib/uucp/map/u.usa.ma.?

And the obvious reaction from a hasty or careless system administrator
would result in both legitimate map files being deleted.
-- 
Larry Campbell                                The Boston Software Works, Inc.
Internet: campbell@maynard.BSW.COM          120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109
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