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- From: barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr)
- Subject: Re: file removal problem solved.
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- Organization: Penn State Population Research Institute
- References: <BtMJuK.KEH@acsu.buffalo.edu> <FRIEDMAN.92Aug29010851@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 16:05:56 GMT
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- In article <FRIEDMAN.92Aug29010851@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu> friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman) writes:
- >In article <BtMJuK.KEH@acsu.buffalo.edu> vidya-v@acsu.buffalo.edu (vidyaranya) writes:
- >>The solution I finally used came from our system administrator. I had
- >>already tried the 'rm -i' and rm A* options and posted when they failed.
- >>
- >>The solution I used needed a simple C program and an Octal
- >>dump of the filename to specify in the C program.
- >>Here it is:
- >>
- >>[ bletcherous C program mercifully deleted ]
- >
- >
- > Your system ambiguator ought to be shot.
-
- Agreed! Talk about attacking the problem in a roundabout way!
-
- Don't you guys have emacs? (I've only had to use "emacs ." once,
- but it's handy to know that it's there.)
-
- --Dave
- --
- System Administrator, Population Research Institute barr@pop.psu.edu
- One is the loneliest number.
- Two is as lonely as one, just shifted to the left.
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