Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!xanth!xanth.cs.odu.edu!scott From: scott@cs.odu.edu (Scott Yelich) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Unix Jargon File wanted Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 90 22:58:12 GMT References: <22303@adm.BRL.MIL> <796@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@cs.odu.edu Organization: Old Dominion University Computer Science Systems Group Lines: 39 In-reply-to: packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov's message of 2 Feb 90 16:45:37 GMT > Anyone who anticipates being introduced to computers through Unix > should crawl in a hole and die. ... and go to he11 where they can use msdos... right? > For example, it's possible to create files inadvertently whose very > names make it impossible to delete them without special contortions. > I learned this the first time a file whose name was preceded by a > "-" materialized in my directory. The "man" writeup on rm contained > the clue I needed, as I recall. I now have a file called "520-529 top25" > I'm thinking about deleting someday. Somewhere in the man pages for > rm there must be the clue to that too, when I'm in the mood for manese. A backslash can do wonders here and there... Then, have you ever found system software that made a file called ``*''? I have.... it is great for new users (ie: no sub directories!) Personally.... my home directory is now down from my password home by a directory named ``... '' That's right. My ``~scott'' directory appears empty-- it looks like the only files I have are: . .. ... I am working on a shell that will move all of your files down a sub-directory maze.... turn permissions off on all the directories, change all aliases to prevent anything but ``cd'' and update the login shell. Want to test it? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott D. Yelich scott@cs.odu.edu [128.82.8.1] After he pushed me off the cliff, he asked me, as I fell, ``Why'd you jump?'' -----------------------------------------------------------------------------