Re: find(1) assertion for folder with a sub-folder named `x:'

[Ralph Hempel <rhempel at bmts dot com>]

Phil Betts wrote:

> mkdir -p foo/c:
> cd foo
> rm -rf c:/
>
> In case you can't see why that's bad, DON'T TRY IT!!  Don't even copy 
> it, because you will accidentally paste it into a terminal window, you 
> will get to say "oopsy!" [1], and you will hurt your forehead on
> your keyboard.

[OT]

I have a wonderful anecdote about units of time:

second      - about one heart beat
millisecond - about 50 of these is an eye-blink
microsecond - the cycle time of my first 8086 PC
nanosecond  - the cycle time of a 1 GHz processor

onosecond   - the time between hitting return and realizing you're
              wiping your hard drive
[/OT]

Ralph




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