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Article #1778Re: File called "SUICIDE.IBM"
From: Roy M. Silvernail
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 16:39
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 16:39
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drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice) writes:
> 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).
>
> Use a utility like LIST.
And use an ANSI driver to which you
a) have the source
b) have disabled that pesky redefinition
That way, you simply don't have those problems.
--
Roy M. Silvernail -- [my machine ] "Sometimes, you're the windshield....
roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu [my opinions] sometimes, you're the bug!"
cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu [my $0.0275 ] --Mark Knopfler
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!cybrspc!roy From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: File called "SUICIDE.IBM" Message-ID: <9syZqB2w165w@cybrspc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 11:39:55 CDT References: <drice.716170061@ponder> Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 22