[news.sysadmin] UUCP map for u.usa.ma.?

campbell@maynard.UUCP (05/08/87)

In article <3581@cbosgd.ATT.COM> postmap@cbosgd.ATT.COM writes:
>: run sh on this file to unbundle
>echo x - u.usa.ma.?
>cat >u.usa.ma.? <<'!Funky!Stuff!'
>!Funky!Stuff!
>: End of shell archive

This map posting is not very useful, as the result is:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 news     35937 Apr 29 08:41 /usr/lib/uucp/map/u.usa.ma.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 news     26186 Apr 29 08:42 /usr/lib/uucp/map/u.usa.ma.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 news         0 May  7 09:43 /usr/lib/uucp/map/u.usa.ma.?

And the obvious reaction from a hasty or careless system administrator
would result in both legitimate map files being deleted.
-- 
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