Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucsdhub!esosun!seismo!uunet!vsi!friedl From: friedl@vsi.UUCP (Stephen J. Friedl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: and another unix joke Summary: core dumps Message-ID: <864@vsi.UUCP> Date: 24 Sep 88 05:21:53 GMT References: <26159@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1293@cbnews.ATT.COM> Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA Lines: 22 In article <1293@cbnews.ATT.COM>, lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes: > One joke that got a lot of laughs here was to change a users PS1 > prompt while they were logged in by adb'ing their shell process. > This is a good way to learn about the UNIX(tm) operating system! Related indirectly: one of my customers has a couple of programmers working on various systems, and one individual cannot seem to test his programs very well -- the whole DP staff knows what a core dump means. Instead of the normal message: Memory fault - core dumped we patched the shell to say Rogers fault - core dumped Steve -- Steve Friedl V-Systems, Inc. +1 714 545 6442 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com {backbones}!vsi.com!friedl attmail!vsi!friedl ------[I'm on vacation in Ohio from 26-Sep to 10-Oct 1988]----------