[comp.unix.questions] Stupid Unix question

earleh@dartvax.UUCP (Earle R. Horton) (05/18/87)

How come, when I type in " cat > '\<rubout>'" on dartvax I get logged out?
This is a VAX, running 4.3 BSD, and the exact typing sequence is:

  c   a   t   <space>  >  <space>  '   \   ^?   '  ^m

(Don't ask how I discovered this, I don't remember.)
-- 
            Don't tread on me. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\><>' 
   The irascible one.
Earle R. Horton, H.B. 8000, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755

matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (I am not a Grook) (05/19/87)

) How come, when I type in " cat > '\<rubout>'" on dartvax I get logged out?

Gee, Earle, I dunno.  I tried the same keystrokes on my vax running
4.3 and I created a file with a one-character name, that character
having an ascii code of 0177.  There was no problem with catting the
file or deleting it.  Maybe you shoud be asking your question locally?

wagner@iaoobelix.UUCP (05/21/87)

April 1st is over here in net.land, so I have to assume that somebody has
patched your UNIX to get rid of users typing in that weird command sequences -
maybe there are some more: cat </dev/null >/dev/null, etc. :-) :-).

	Juergen Wagner (seismo!iaoobel!wagner)

PS: Don't take it too serious. I mean, both my message and your experience...