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- 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)
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- 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)
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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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