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From: exuptr
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 16:33
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 16:33
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In article <BtpI5v.3CJ@ireq.hydro.qc.ca> beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard) writes:
>One amazing thing I saw was someone who put a file named *.* in a PC!
>The trouble is that the PC was in a remote location (50 miles from the
>nearest town), most persons working in that place having a limited
>knowledge of PC. We presumed at that time some visitor, in prevision
>of loosing a maintenance contract, decided to write some *.* files.
>A user not very familiar with PC could try to erase those annoying files ...
>and the other files as well :-( We were lucky to discover this before
>damage :-) , but unable to find who make that.
I hate it when that happens.
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