On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Casper BodenCummins wrote:
> /etc/passwd~
> Looks like a temp file. Can anyone shed some light on this?
passwd writes it out whenever something changes, just in case.
> /usr/bin/[*
> This is junk. Blow it away.
Actually this is a link to test. POSIX.2 (?) mandates i
Max Hyre wrote:
> Dear Andreas:
>
>Casper BodenCummins wrote:
>
>> /usr/bin/[*
>> This is junk. Blow it away.
>
>DON'T DO IT!
>
>Whew---sorry for shouting, but: This is indeed a file named ``['',
>and it's executable (hence the ``*'' in what must be an ls -lF
>listing).
>
>``['' is a synonym
Casper BodenCummins wrote:
>
> /usr/bin/[*
> This is junk. Blow it away.
>
Actually, /usr/bin/[ is the same as /usr/bin/test (they are
hardlinked). And, in my
opinion, they are not junk. Yes, bash has them built in, but some other
shells may
have not.
>
> /dev/initctl|
> /dev/printer=
Hi,
> /etc/passwd~
> Looks like a temp file. Can anyone shed some light on this?
This can be created by editing /etcpasswd by hand Delete it..
>
> /usr/bin/[*
> This is junk. Blow it away.
No, this is the Binary "test", it is needed for things like "[ -f "bla" ]"
for shells wich dont s
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Dear Andreas:
Casper BodenCummins wrote:
> /usr/bin/[*
> This is junk. Blow it away.
DON'T DO IT!
Whew---sorry for shouting, but: This is indeed a file named ``['',
and it's executable (hence the ``*'' in what must be an ls -lF
listing).
``['' is a syn
Hello,
Don't delete '/usr/bin/['.
It's a hardlink to /usr/bin/test and alot of shell-scripts uses this in
if-statements etc.
/ Henrik Wallin, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 6 Sep 1996, Casper BodenCummins wrote:
> Not all files will be listed in the Contents and related files. Some are
> created dur
|" /etc/passwd~
|" Looks like a temp file. Can anyone shed some light on this?
|"
|" /usr/bin/[*
|" This is junk. Blow it away.
If the '*' is part of the filename, I agree. If not, this is necessary for
shells that do not have test as a builtin. It should be a hardlink to 'test'
(necessary for
Not all files will be listed in the Contents and related files. Some are
created during package configuration, some later. Almost all the files
you listed are normal. However, I'd check these:
/usr/lib/texmf/ini/core
Not sure if this should be here. Run a `file /usr/lib/texmf/ini/core'.
If
t
hello
i have found several files in my / and /usr filesystems, that don't
belong to any packages. is this considered a bug ? many files, such as
/usr/X11R6/bin/netscape are installed by a debian package, but they
don't aprear in any /var/lib/dpkg/info/*lists or *conffiles ...
andreas
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