Subj : bbs shut down http log To : DieselMan From : Warp 4 Date : Tue Jun 28 2005 09:00 pm -=> DieselMan wrote to Deuce <=- Di> when i tried the same command $'\005' under rxvt it returned bash: : Di> command not found. And some character's before and after prompt. hit Di> return again and a regular prompt. Then I brought up the bbs. and it's Di> running well so far for 12 or so hours Di> Being new to linux and also running a pre-release. i didn't know what was Di> happeneing. hell the first time i saw it. i partitioned my disk and Di> reinstalled the OS figuring someone had gained access and no telling Di> what they may have done :) Did you put the "echo" command in front of '\005\' ? Robert Wolfe (robert@bufonline.dyndns.org) Debian "etch" / Sun SparcStation Ultra 5 / PostFix / SpamAssassin -- `$' $' $ $ _ ,d$$$g$ ,d$$$b. $,d$$$b`$' g$$$$$b $,d$$b ,$P' `$ ,$P' `Y$ $$' `$ $ "' `$ $$' `$ $$ $ $$ggggg$ $ $ $ ,$P"" $ $ $ `$g. ,$$ `$$._ _. $ _,g$P $ `$b. ,$$ $ $ `Y$$P'$. `Y$$$$P $$$P"' ,$. `Y$$P'$ $. ,$. .... Heisenberg may have slept here. --- blueMail/Linux 1.2 þ Synchronet þ Buffalo Online * Lancaster NY * bufonline.dyndns.org .