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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:12:02 +0200 (MEST)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin
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On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> > 
> > So then something like this...
> > 
> > alias ls='/bin/ls --ignore=SCCS'
> 
> Oh, that's very useful. Considering that everything else still finds them, 
> like find, shell autocompletion etc.
> 
> The only thing "--ignore=xxx" is useful for is hackers that want to break 
                                                 ^^^^^^^
> into your system and hide their files.

Ugh, this is linux-kernel! (cfr. signature)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds

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