Re: Turning the thing off (was Re: BESM-6

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From: n... nickolas.landsberg
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 1990 15:42

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Once upon a time, on a Unix machine manufactured in Europe,
I found out the hard way that there was a command in /etc
named "off."  You guessed it, it powered the machine down.
The only thing that still has me puzzled is that there was
also a command in /etc called "on."

Nick Landsberg

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From: n...@cbnewsi.att.com (nickolas.landsberg)
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Subject: Re: Turning the thing off (was Re: BESM-6
Summary: how about on?
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Date: 26 Sep 90 15:42:17 GMT
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