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Article #352Re: Last minute y2k fix for *nix systems( alt.2600)
From: qu
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 00:00
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X-Orig-MsgId: <kus4sd7ffz2.fsf@buphy.bu.edu> phorlakh@ppp178.av.centurytel.net (Joe User) writes: > #!/bin/sh > # y2k fix for *NIXen > # command line parameters: y2kfix [filename] > sed "s/[Yy]/k/g" $1 > $1.bak > mv $1 $1.old > mv $1.bak $1 > # Don't try this at home,kiddies (: yeah, but I think that would *introduce* a "y2k" problem rather than fix one (but I suppose that depends on your definition of "fix" :) -- While the brown ale he quaffed, Loud then the champion laughed, And as the wind-gusts waft The sea-foam brightly, So the loud laugh of scorn, Out of those lips unshorn, From the deep drinking-horn Blew the foam lightly. --Longfellow
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1552e4,2352c01993220d8f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1552e4,public From: qu@f.f Subject: Re: Last minute y2k fix for *nix systems( alt.2600) Date: 1999/12/25 Message-ID: <8427p6$e4t$1@news1.bu.edu> X-Deja-AN: 564756553 References: <slrn862p15.ood.phorlakh@ppp178.av.centurytel.net> Original-Sender: qu@f.f X-Orig-Newsgrp: alt.2600 Organization: . Newsgroups: bu.localpostings