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RE: df and floppy seeks [was: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: findutils-20041227-1]


----Original Message----
>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>Sent: 28 February 2005 18:08

> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> 
>> ----Original Message----
>>> From: cygwin-talk-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
>>> Sent: 28 February 2005 16:41
>> 
>>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 04:16:41PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>> On Feb 28 14:20, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>>   Or maybe they just thought they had to run it all the way to the end
>>>>> in case you'd only put a very _small_ floppy in?
>>>> 
>>>> I guess they want to make sure it really wakes up.
>>> 
>>> What's all this about floppies?  Why aren't you working on the highly
>>> important diff utilities problem??????????
>> 
>>   I'm still waaaaay too busy trying to edit my registry with vi.  It
>> works just fine, so long as you make sure you only replace plain ascii by
>> overwriting and don't change the lengths of any strings, honest!
> 
> "Vim" has a binary mode, you know...
> 	Igor


  Oh, sorry, did I say "vi"?  I meant "ed" of course.  I find all that gui
stuff in vim way too new-fangled and confusing for my liking.....


    cheers,
      DaveK
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