Re: Strange file names

1999-11-22 Thread David Wright
Quoting Oki DZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Rob Mahurin wrote: > > > 18:39 ~ $ which [ > > /usr/bin/[ > > 18:39 ~ $ type [ > > [ is a shell builtin >^^^ > Hm... does it mean that "magic" is not quite magical...? I thought "file" used magic; it says: file /usr/bin/\[ /usr/bin/[:

Re: Strange file names

1999-11-19 Thread Oki DZ
Rob Mahurin wrote: > 18:39 ~ $ which [ > /usr/bin/[ > 18:39 ~ $ type [ > [ is a shell builtin ^^^ Hm... does it mean that "magic" is not quite magical...? Oki

Re: Strange file names

1999-11-18 Thread Steve Lamb
Wednesday, November 17, 1999, 3:45:18 PM, Rob wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 07:24:01AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: >> I thought it was part of the script's syntax. (hmm.. what an >> enlightenment...) >> >> Oki > 18:39 ~ $ which [ > /usr/bin/[ > 18:39 ~ $ type [ > [ is a shell builtin > How strange.

Re: Strange file names

1999-11-17 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 07:24:01AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > I thought it was part of the script's syntax. (hmm.. what an > enlightenment...) > > Oki 18:39 ~ $ which [ /usr/bin/[ 18:39 ~ $ type [ [ is a shell builtin How strange. I can't get dpkg to find what package provides the binary, either.

Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-17 Thread Mike Werner
"Ingles, Raymond" wrote: > At my house... > > grayswandir: main machine > excalibur: wife's Win machine > sting: laptop > frakir: mac > dyrnwyn: old 486 > irving: old 386 > > Bonus points to those who can spot the theme and describe the origins > of the individual na

RE: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-17 Thread Ingles, Raymond
> From: Peter Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named > > their Linux systems? At my house... grayswandir: main machine excalibur: wife's Win machine sting: laptop frakir: mac dyrnwyn: old 486 irving: old 386 B

Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-17 Thread Oki DZ
Peter Ross wrote: ... > roy (since in the same room as hg (australian joke)) Would you mind telling the joke please... ('cause I don't get it) Oki

Re: [OT] Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-17 Thread Oki DZ
Phil Brutsche wrote: > > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > > ps: just kidding folks. don't take me seriously on this one. Tux (my > > > server) is safe. > > > > Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux > > systems? > > Yes it woul

Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-17 Thread Peter Ross
On 15-Nov-1999, Bart Szyszka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ps: just kidding folks. don't take me seriously on this one. Tux (my > > server) is safe. > > Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux > systems? Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've shortened it to Deb

Re: Strange file names

1999-11-17 Thread Oki DZ
John Pearson wrote: > This is a conventional alias for 'test'. As in, > $ if [ -e /usr/bin/[ ] ; \ > then echo [ is present in /usr/bin; \ >else \ > echo [ is missing - your system is a little hosed, dude. ;\ >fi I didn't know that [ was a command. I thought it was part of

Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-16 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, November 16, 1999, 9:03:16 AM, Roland wrote: > Next one? > Stationmir (if I ever buy an Alpha workstation). Nah. I vote vote that "Stationmir" be the name given to the Windows box, as in "always falling apart and kept together with spit, chickenwire and a whole lotta prayers." --

Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-16 Thread Roland Mas
aphro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just built 2 machines to test a VPN and i named em kirk & spock :/ If you come to series... Casimir (first one, 486 - broken at the moment) Clodomir (P200) Minimir (Vaio laptop) Faramir & Boromir (Not mine actually - at work last year) Cachemir (At work now)

Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-16 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, November 16, 1999, 8:32:25 AM, Rob wrote: > Of course we do! Remember way far back ago in the intial install, one > of the questions was, "what is the name of this system?" > This one is peon. My server is teleute. morpheus is my workstation (like you couldn't guess that from my em

re:Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-16 Thread aphro
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Kenneth Scharf wrote: schark > schark >>Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has schark >>named their Linux schark >>systems? Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've schark >>shortened it to Debby. schark > schark >The linux box in my office is named 'Penguin', th

Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-16 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 09:48:16PM -0500, Bart Szyszka wrote: > > ps: just kidding folks. don't take me seriously on this one. Tux (my > > server) is safe. > > Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux > systems? Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've shortened it

re:Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-16 Thread Kenneth Scharf
>Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has >named their Linux >systems? Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've >shortened it to Debby. The linux box in my office is named 'Penguin', there is also a motororla power stack running PPC linux called 'MotoPenguin'. My box at home was 'Dop

Re: Strange file names

1999-11-16 Thread John Pearson
On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 07:56:29PM -0800, aphro wrote > On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Oki DZ wrote: > > litban >I have some strange files. Do they have to exist in /usr/bin? > > uhoh!! > > litban >-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root20720 Dec 24 1998 [ > > dont know what that is ..but i have it too, i

Re: Strange file names

1999-11-16 Thread aphro
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Oki DZ wrote: litban >I have some strange files. Do they have to exist in /usr/bin? uhoh!! litban >-rwxr-xr-x 2 root root20720 Dec 24 1998 [ dont know what that is ..but i have it too, i cant get dpkg to identify it .. litban >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root

Re: [OT] Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-16 Thread Dave Sherohman
Phil Brutsche said: > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux > > systems? Doesn't everyone? > > Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've shortened it to Debby. > > I also have Giedi, Fury, and a SPARCs

[OT] Re: Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-16 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > ps: just kidding folks. don't take me seriously on this one. Tux (my > > server) is safe. > > Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux > systems? Yes it would, actually. > Mine was called Debby Anne

Linux names (Re: Strange file names)

1999-11-16 Thread Bart Szyszka
> ps: just kidding folks. don't take me seriously on this one. Tux (my > server) is safe. Would it be off-topic of me to ask if anyone else has named their Linux systems? Mine was called Debby Anne and now I've shortened it to Debby. : ) -- Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:4982727 B Grafyx

Re: Strange file names

1999-11-16 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > >You're just being paranoid. I have all those files too, and my server > >has, most definitely, been cracked. >^^ Damn. I hate typos. > so these files were not left by the cracker who cracked your

Re: Strange file names

1999-11-16 Thread Ethan Benson
On 15/11/99 Phil Brutsche wrote: You're just being paranoid. I have all those files too, and my server has, most definitely, been cracked. ^^ so these files were not left by the cracker who cracked your system :-) Ethan Benson ~

Re: Strange file names

1999-11-16 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I have some strange files. Do they have to exist in /usr/bin? > ss1:/usr/bin$ ls -l | more > total 9010 > -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root20720 Dec 24 1998 [ the 'test' program, widely used in shell scripts > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root