Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sri-unix!gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA From: gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: CACM Article on Unix Consultant System Message-ID: <966@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 22:14:02 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.966 Posted: Sun Jun 17 22:14:02 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 20-Jun-84 00:55:23 EDT Lines: 6 From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)By "rm *" the authors meant an actual asterisk character. However, this example was meant to illustrate the pitfalls of a naive user interface. This example makes sense in the context of the original article, which you should read rather than guess about.