rm ABC*

utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!mat utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!hou5f!hou5b!hou5c!hou5e!mat
Wed Feb 16 12:00:43 AEST 1983


Yes, dsw(i) way to do it under generic UN*X (ie v6).  Dsw at one time read the
console switches to determine whether or not you wanted a file destroyed!
Rather unportable, I'd say.
As an aside, dsw comes from a telegrapher's abbreviation fo the Russian word
for ``so long'', which transliterates ``dossv'donye'' or ``DoSsW'donye''
This according to a person who got it from a person who overheard it from
someone who was reported to be a close friend of ... from someone who
claimed to actually have heard it from Ken.



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