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From: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ghost file
Keywords: ghost, unprintable, unlink
Message-ID: <544@auspex.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 88 18:57:38 GMT
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Reply-To: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>   char name[] = "badfile?";
>   name[7] = (char) 255;

Or

	char name[] = "badfile\377";

which is slightly more convenient.  I sincerely *hope* your compiler can
cope with that (although it's not inconceivable that the compiler writer
dropped the ball)....