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Date:      Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:08:34 -0600
From:      Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>
Cc:        Jeff Laine <wtf.jlaine@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gary Hartl <ghartl@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Snow in my Server
Message-ID:  <494EF6A2.1070105@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <494BFBBB.7050503@gmail.com>
References:  <001401c9620b$fcaf9ee0$f60edca0$@com>	<20081219194637.GA34178@free.bsd.loc> <494BFBBB.7050503@gmail.com>

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Eitan Adler wrote:
> Jeff Laine wrote:
>> Just mv teh snowflakes to /dev/null ^_-
> You can't mv things to /dev/null
>  Operation not supported

Hmm, but you can cat /dev/null to something ...
so, a true UNIX guru should be able to do
something like:

find *snow* | xargs "cat /dev/null > $1"

Of course, that doesn't work, either.  Shows
why csh(1) is considered bad for snow removal,
as the story, maybe, goes....

Joy to the world,

Kevin Kinsey
-- 
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight
acquaintance and without any visible reason.
		-- Lord Chesterfield




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