Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin

Geert Uytterhoeven (geert@linux-m68k.org)
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 12:12:02 +0200 (MEST)

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

--
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							    -- Linus Torvalds


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