From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 3804 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2023 18:36:03 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Jun 2023 18:36:03 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A1F4410DC; Tue, 6 Jun 2023 04:35:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com (wout2-smtp.messagingengine.com [64.147.123.25]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE7D34109D for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2023 04:35:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 149E83200937 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2023 14:35:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap51 ([10.202.2.101]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 05 Jun 2023 14:35:35 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.com; h= cc:content-type:content-type:date:date:from:from:in-reply-to :in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:sender :subject:subject:to:to; s=fm1; t=1685990134; x=1686076534; bh=Nw vW341sjjECsM7gvDmdJV6M0h2mDOc9GfZwne5oWwY=; b=jY+0lH2JJ8qPOSPrLr OecibXrMCejZz1T/chA67d/mlwL6nmThB7h6oz0LOm6CmOxyq4wDXtvlE5fUNXbD e+AARIi+IX0S8kKbSpINwnWfIO+5wQ7AYFoQqaDVNsAGRjmaJdcVa0qdY7+AgvFc UE4Mo7cvoWyHI49f+Iv5AonVzOoKGliaQA475V7p2RPjWOWZFPu3jLlOuCPPRoMx j5paJettv0IYJ4ERuQp5r91siot6imRctDwv5mL21jGyd6fS3JwrgxB22Uxkr+aP zPtEXcrwo98WfPrKr2RQYFEV95QEG2bv5/C5xnBhJe6YijFPC3yzup1KowLqlOdL c4kg== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:content-type:date:date :feedback-id:feedback-id:from:from:in-reply-to:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:reply-to:sender:subject :subject:to:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; t=1685990134; x=1686076534; bh=NwvW341sjjECs M7gvDmdJV6M0h2mDOc9GfZwne5oWwY=; b=MCZDdLKRyoAQkdCZ617SpJvWEjpZv 1ch7yCb9yjo5aUNHUAWZ0J3He/Z4kSziGmmkgWGSnXZw/E12kxX8/36soQwQiMmZ TgvGfRB7/H7ePoZzE/J2nqc7dtpwT8wnA9Xw3t3SBVC9/6gok1wVt8FYB6j7WRgB kxmiojS6VrP/+N0Q7rlQ4xs4lukG626YRNk8jjzgirdia50Gxe/Hx1hAocDa0qoT AQHrRRV2nfxHWUuCxXpWMF9OS1mNI1dO6pakB89ggNSoPTVaYJrQ/O/u0MeIVvDy 9ngC6OQnZI/1Y0fZZX0J0dzcz6jPtN1RD8sn1wRu/IWe11cy5b9dndg3Q== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrfeelledguddvkecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepofgfggfkjghffffhvffutgesth dtredtreertdenucfhrhhomheptfgrnhguohhmkeefvdcuoehrrghnughomhekfedvsehf rghsthhmrghilhdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepieefvedtveelffehudejgf ejieffffehleetfeefheelkeeuheelfeeuleegudffnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgep tdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomheprhgrnhguohhmkeefvdesfhgrshhtmhgrih hlrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Feedback-ID: iace641ea:Fastmail Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 726C5B60086; Mon, 5 Jun 2023 14:35:34 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.9.0-alpha0-447-ge2460e13b3-fm-20230525.001-ge2460e13 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <7a4700f1-7465-4549-985c-83ad7dd8b00e@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 14:34:43 -0400 From: Random832 To: tuhs@tuhs.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-ID-Hash: G56OZH5RAQHKHQO7SBE6JUELJ3SFPPHO X-Message-ID-Hash: G56OZH5RAQHKHQO7SBE6JUELJ3SFPPHO X-MailFrom: random832@fastmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: CB-UNIX dsw(1l) Page from PDP-7? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, at 19:04, segaloco via TUHS wrote: > Finally, this page plainly spells out the history of the command in the > bugs section: > > "This command was written in 2 minutes to delete a particular file that > managed to get an 0200 bit in its name. It should work by printing the > name of each file in a specified directory and requestion a 'y' or 'n' > answer. Better, it should be an option of rm(1). The name is > mnemonic, but likely to cause trouble in the future." One thing this makes me wonder is why the solution chosen wasn't to make a command that could *rename* the offending directory entry [which, then, with problematic characters removed, could be examined before deleting normally].