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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: /dev/registry
Date:	Sun, 10 Feb 2002 19:18:43 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
> Well, it looks like I'll be the only one, but this sounds to me like
an insanely
> *BAD* idea.  It seems to me to be hard enough to keep the Windows
registry in
> one piece even if you don't dink with it; I shudder to think what
horrors await
> sombody with fat fingers and an itchy TAB finger (i.e. me):
>
> cat HundredsOfMBsOfCrap >
/dev/r[TAB-oops-I-meant...well-something-else-anyway]
>
> I'm trying to think where this would actually be useful, but I'm
drawing a
> blank.  It seems to me that the registry should have at least a
slightly higher
> barrier to entry than the command line.

cat HundredsOfMbsOfCrap > /vmlinuz.
cat HundredsOfMbsOfCrap > /etc/rc0.d/...

Hmm, doesn't seem much different.

Rob



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