Re: Pwiping

From: Alex (fletcher@cspo.queensu.ca)
Date: 01/02/97


> > if you are on a unix 
> > cat /dev/null > mud/lib/etc/players
This will cat 'null' into the file called 'players'

> cat mud/lib/etc/players >/dev/null
This will cat players to nowhere.  Not remove it.

> If you did the cat /dev/null >blehfile, then you got an interesting file.
A file with a null string in it to be precise.  Better known as a
'zero byte file'.

--
Erm... Yeah.  Whatever.

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