Aucbvax.4052 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Fri Sep 25 20:31:23 1981 Re: rm and shell metacharacters >From greep@SU-DSN Fri Sep 25 20:17:14 1981 Having "deleted" files "expunged" at "logout" (to use tenex terminology) causes problems if the same user is logged in at more than one terminal at a time. These files can be removed by a daemon program in the middle of the night, if there is enought disk space for all the "deleted" files that may accumulate during the day. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.