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Article #1767Re: File called "SUICIDE.IBM"
From: Jeff Epler
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 15:21
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 15:21
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>>Have him TYPE the file. Could be a prank. Does he have friends
>>who use Macs?
>
>NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!
>
>NEVER TYPE AN UNKNOWN FILE!!!!!
>
>Using TYPE to display the contents of a file could turn out to be a BIG
>mistake. Usin TYPE on a file with imbedded ANSI strings could remap
>your keyboard (i.e. remap F3 (or any other key) to enter
>"echo y | del *.*", causing deletion of an entire directory).
That *would* be an annoyance -- But many ANSI drivers allow you to turn
of this capability, which I've done in mine.
>
>Use a utility like LIST.
Yeah, that's probably still the better solution.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!bx304 From: bx304@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeff Epler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: File called "SUICIDE.IBM" Date: 12 Sep 1992 15:21:00 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA) Lines: 25 Message-ID: <18t1ssINN358@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> References: <drice.716170061@ponder> <ygPsqB1w164w@mma.guild.org> <BuDM74.KBv@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Reply-To: bx304@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jeff Epler) NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu