13 Sep
2014
13 Sep
'14
2:05 a.m.
Speaking of things etymological, I've heard two versions of that for
dsw(1).
Delete from Switch Register (delete file whose i-num is in CSR)
Delete Sh*t Work (same, but expressed a bit more robustly)
-- Dave
13 Sep
13 Sep
2:11 a.m.
Dave Horsfall scripsit:
Delete from Switch Register (delete file whose i-num
is in CSR)
There's no doubt that this is right, but
<http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/03/18/a-bit-of-history> claims
that the switch register was set to the number of files to skip over
before dumping core. If you resumed the core dump, the next file would
be deleted. This allowed deleting files whose names could not be typed.
--
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan(a)ccil.org
Pour moi, les villes du Silmarillion ont plus de realite que Babylone.
--Christopher Tolkien, as interviewed by Le Monde
2:18 a.m.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 11:11 PM, John Cowan <cowan(a)mercury.ccil.org> wrote:
Dave Horsfall scripsit:
This reminds me of a similar discussion thirty-three years ago:
http://article.olduse.net/125@Auiucdcs.UUCP
http://article.olduse.net/19@Aresearch.UUCP
http://article.olduse.net/20@Aresearch.UUCP
...which seems to confirm the "nth file" version.
(Also, hi everyone. First post here. Possibly the only, though.)
--
Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity(a)gmail.com>
Delete from Switch Register (delete file whose
i-num is in CSR)
There's no doubt that this is right, but
<http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/03/18/a-bit-of-history> claims
that the switch register was set to the number of files to skip over
before dumping core. If you resumed the core dump, the next file would
be deleted. This allowed deleting files whose names could not be typed. 
2:40 a.m.
I heard both versions of this as well. Or rather, I heard the second,
and was surprised to see the first in the manual.
Quoting Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org>rg>:
Speaking of things etymological, I've heard two
versions of that for
dsw(1).
Delete from Switch Register (delete file whose i-num is in CSR)
Delete Sh*t Work (same, but expressed a bit more robustly)
4:15 a.m.
There are those who believe that DSW originated from the Russian "do
svidaniya".
You could Google it and decide for yourself.
carl
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Mary Ann Horton <mah(a)mhorton.net> wrote:
I heard both versions of this as well. Or rather, I
heard the second, and
was surprised to see the first in the manual.
Quoting Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org>rg>:
Speaking of things etymological, I've heard two versions of that for
--
carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
clowenstein(a)ucsd.edu
dsw(1).
Delete from Switch Register (delete file whose i-num is in CSR)
Delete Sh*t Work (same, but expressed a bit more robustly)
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9:05 a.m.
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014, Mantas Mikul?nas wrote:
(Also, hi everyone. First post here. Possibly the
only, though.)
Welcome! I hope that you're not leaving the list because of the sudden
volume; it's normally quiet, but we are a bunch of old farts who will
sometimes get too much mint in our juleps, and we are all too happy to
pass on what we know (mostly because we've been there, and have seen the
present as well).
Please don't leave, if you are...
-- Dave
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