Re: Removing garbage in files system by inode number

Dale Amon (amon@vnl.com)
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 15:07:05 +0000 (GMT)


> Long ago in a timesharing system far, far away, TOPS-10 PIP would let you
> create files with arbitrary bit-patterns for names using a funky octal
> notation. We had some fun speculating on whether anyone in the lab,
> confronted with a file named *.*, would be dumb enough to enter DEL *.*
> before realizing what he'd done. :-}
>

Ah those were the days! I started off life on a 360 and an 1108 and
was very happy to move up to TOPS10 on the cmua :-)

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