Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!dutrun!dutesta!franky
From: franky@dutesta.UUCP (Frank W. ten Wolde)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: computer follies
Message-ID: <1205@dutesta.UUCP>
Date: 28 Sep 88 16:32:17 GMT
References: <1109@idec.stc.co.uk> <1860004@otter.hple.hp.com> <2135@stpstn.UUCP>
Reply-To: franky@dutesta.UUCP (Frank W. ten Wolde)
Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dep. of Electrotechnical engineering.
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In article <2135@stpstn.UUCP> aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
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>"clear >/dev/ttyxx" has a way of scaring people as well.;
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Try "clear >/dev/ptsxx" on an IBM RT PC in an ethernet network.
[ this will certainly scare users because it will kill the currently
  running shell on that pts! ]





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