X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4ac94688e7ec952e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-03-24 10:40:46 PST Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!msuinfo!agate!news.ossi.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.utdallas.edu!koeb8249 From: koeb8249@utdallas.edu (Chris D Koeberle) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Viewers?? Date: 24 Mar 1994 18:40:46 GMT Organization: The University of Texas at Dallas Lines: 26 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2msmre$acb@news.utdallas.edu> References: <1994Mar24.132647.1891@zippy.dct.ac.uk> <2msa6k$6av@hpuerci.atl.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: apache.utdallas.edu NNTP-Posting-User: koeb8249 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sandy Morton (swm@atl.hp.com) wrote: > In article <1994Mar24.132647.1891@zippy.dct.ac.uk>, mcscs1mar@zippy.dct.ac.uk (A.Raverboy) writes: > |> more > nob.txt > I would first like to say that I have no idea how to use a PC (I stick > to UNIX). But, I couldn't help but notice that on UNIX this command would > destroy the nob.txt file, not view it. Is this backwards on the PC (like > the "/"), or should he have written "more < nob.txt"? Nope. Same as unix. This will not only destroy the contents of nob.txt, but it will confuse the user for a few seconds... Because more accepts input from the terminal if you don't feed it anything... So you type this in, hit enter, and get a cursor... You wait a minute, think, 'this is taking a damned long time to load,' eventually you hit a key, and feel dumb. :) > Sorry to intrude, but I just didn't want to see some poor new person trash > all his files trying to look at them. > Sandy (swm@atl.hp.com) -- _ __/| Chris Koeberle \`O.o' koeb8249@utdallas.edu =(_ _)= these stacks they keep me down... so i build some more U america's just a word but i use it... -- Fugazi