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Re: Worst error messages of all time.

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From: dw... david.e.wexelblat
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 1990 16:17
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SYSV make:

> make love
Make: Don't know how to make love.  Stop.


SYSV cat:

> cat "tin can"
cat: cannot open tin can


SYSV sh:
>"jimmy hoffa"
jimmy hoffa: not found


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From: dw...@cbnewsj.att.com (david.e.wexelblat)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Worst error messages of all time.
Summary: more silly unix error messages
Message-ID: <1990Sep26.161700.17020@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 26 Sep 90 16:17:00 GMT
References: <1990Sep25.124748.1916@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Posted: Wed Sep 26 17:17:00 1990
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