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Re: /dev/registry
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 19:18:43 +1100
- Subject: Re: /dev/registry
- References: <NCBBIHCHBLCMLBLOBONKEEBPCKAA.g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net>
> Well, it looks like I'll be the only one, but this sounds to me like
an insanely
> *BAD* idea. It seems to me to be hard enough to keep the Windows
registry in
> one piece even if you don't dink with it; I shudder to think what
horrors await
> sombody with fat fingers and an itchy TAB finger (i.e. me):
>
> cat HundredsOfMBsOfCrap >
/dev/r[TAB-oops-I-meant...well-something-else-anyway]
>
> I'm trying to think where this would actually be useful, but I'm
drawing a
> blank. It seems to me that the registry should have at least a
slightly higher
> barrier to entry than the command line.
cat HundredsOfMbsOfCrap > /vmlinuz.
cat HundredsOfMbsOfCrap > /etc/rc0.d/...
Hmm, doesn't seem much different.
Rob
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